"Walking on Sunshine", I wish.
Ok, well, today marks the 5th day in a row that we have had unseasonably cold weather, semi-persistent precipitation and NO sun. I feel like I'm living back in Northern Michigan. Summer came to an abrupt end this past Saturday evening. It was quite a shock after having gone to the BC soccer game with my "lil' bro", Sam, and sweating a lot - which, obviously, required ice cream afterward.
Anyway, the next day we skipped any seasonal transition and went right into late autumn. This, mind you, is not a bad thing. We had a pretty hot summer (Arkansans, hush, I left there partially to escape the unbearable heat, so I *know* how hot it is there as compared to here) for Shenandoah Valley standards, thus the cold isn't the issue as much as the cloudiness.
In fact, this morning driving to work and having to occasionally use my wipers to clear off the spittle that was infrequently coming down (reminded me of a conversation with Wegley!! HA!! kidding!!). I thought to myself, "It's no wonder I'm so tired and it seems so difficult getting going this morning, it's been 5 days with no sun!" Now, that is one thing (of many) that I liked about Arkansas, and, for the most part, Virginia, the amount of sunny days. I never really realized until I had them, just HOW much sun makes one feel better.
I know that this post is kind of random, but . . . guess what??? WE HAVE SUN!!! It made a much needed reappearance about an hour ago!! Consequently, my attitude is much better about all of the papers that I have to grade and committee work that I have coming due. I wasn't planning to post anything today, but when the sun came out, my spirit, much like the clouds, lifted and opened. It's interesting how much natural occurrences such as these can actually have a physical and/or psychological effect on us.
So, yah, I thought I'd say so.
p.s. I think that it also helps knowing that it's nearly the weekend. As well, I'm going to see a Cajun group perform on Friday night, they're called Beau Soleil (Beautiful Sun) - - Coincidence, or not!?!?! ;-)~
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4 comments:
What are you supposed to do when you have nothing to say to someone...oh, yeah...talk about the weather! :) j/k
In Seattle, many people get a kind of weather induced depression in the winter months because it is cloudy for so long. Not until recently, though, did I hear that the same thing said about summers here in AR. I forget who I was talking with now, but someone told me that a family member of theirs always got depressed all summer from being shut indoors with the AC on! That sounds like me! I love the cool crsip weather and I don't mind the "spittle" type rain (though I don't spit when I talk, thank you very much). I will be SO glad when it finally cools down this autumn. Enjoy the gray spit weather and I hope you have a great ice-cream outing with Sam!
where did you go? You can talk about the weather as long as you write okay? I will take the weather over nothing at all. I have taken a blogation too!
Fairywinkle...
hmm see if you had of stayed in Arkansas, you would still have this wonderful heat! of course this was written by you a few days ago...but with all that said, I just wanted you to know how much you are missed down here...and you are remembered and talked about quite often!!!
POST, SUCKA!!!
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