It`s January 9th ???

 Whaaat?! Each year, time seems to fly by even faster, and talking about this phenomenon makes me feel old. :-p In defense of my [relatively young ;-)] self, I will say that the difference between this year and all the others is that I haven’t had my usual “winter is here!” indicators, like pain in knee, wearing a heavy coat and mittens, trudging through snow and scraping the ice off my window shield .