Bad Habits and chewing gum

I have lots of bad habits. So many in fact that it would be impossible to list them all so I won't even try; instead i'm going to focus on my most recent bad habits. I know you're thinking "why brag about those?" well it's not bragging per se it's more of an accountability thing. For instance I noticed quite recently that every year during the month of February I have a tendancy to hibernate..as in don't leave my house for anything short of a fire kind of hibernate. This is a problem for me because I hate being stuck in the house in the first place and then it's compounded by the fact that it's cold outside and helllooo this girl has not lived this far north since she was like 4 years old. I've lived in the mountains of Nevada and that's as close to cold as it gets for me. I'm like a reptile I need heat! I need heat soaked concrete and sun warmed grass to survive I need it!!!! I manage to hang on through December and January but by February my patience has run out and I'm in desperate need of 60 degree and highter days. It's not true what they say us fat people are not insulated for the cold and we're not so jolly during the month of February. So part of my desperate need for heat is my bad habit to let my desperation flavor everything I do. I try, I swear I do, to engage and be active and get out of the house during this month and every year I fail. I just can't make myself do it. I'm also grouchy and touchy and sensitive and and a whole lot less patient. It's not a good combo folks and i'm not a pleasant person to be around unless I have my crutches. That leads me to my other bad habit and that's chewing gum. Ever since I quit smoking six years ago I have picked up the bad habit of chewing gum. I chew it no matter where I am no matter what the setting is. I'm not totally up on my etiquett but pretty sure chewing gum and popping it during meetings or when some overbearing parent is breathing down my neck is not acceptable behavior. I really liked smoking..so giving it up to have kids was hard and replacing it with chewing gum was ok at first but now it's a problem. I pop my gum all the time..it's not enough to chew it I have to pop it and play with it to occupy my mouth. At this very moment i'm chewing some dessert gum from Extra that is awesome but am I just chewing it? Oh no i'm popping it at my desk at work which is pretty annoying for my coworker. You know what else is gross that I complain about and then caught myself doing..when people chew over the phone..um hello can you finish eating or spit out the gum long enough to have a phone conversation? I don't care to hear what the inside of your mouth sounds like over the phone..and then today I caught myself doing it..GASP the horror...I was pretty ashamed...but did I spit out my gum? Nope I just kept right on chewing..it was a fresh peice ok.
So I chew gum to keep from smoking. I only feel like smoking when i'm stressed out and i'm pretty much stressed the entire month of February that's like 28 days of some serious gum chewing, bad attitude having, hibernating resisting, cabin fever crazy mama.
I'd ask you what you do to beat the winter blues but honestly let's face I don't really care at this time of year.