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[oyceter]

First post of the year... this feels odd, like it's supposed to be momentous. Oh well.

I'm really sick of winter. Not that I wasn't before, but now that Christmas is over, I want it to be summer again. Or spring at least. I think I definitely have some version of seasonal affective disorder, because all this dark is driving me crazy. It's weird because I'm such a night owl too! But I work from 9-6, so there's that brief glimmer of day during the ten minute drive to work, but usually it's grey and cloudy. Then inside all day, and not even close to a window =(. Then by the time I leave, the sun's already set! Argh. I miss my hour-long lunches in the park soaking up sunshine... those helped a lot. Now it's too cold to do that.

Well. I will keep in mind that when summer does come here, it comes full force, with sun till 9!

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[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

Makes me miserable too, and I'm in South Carolina! It's already day until 5:30, but I won't be happy till March. However, I did buy one of those lights with the "real daylight" bulbs and am using it a good bit. Not the same to my mind, but maybe my body will be fooled.

I truly hate winter--the heavy clothes, the early dark, the COLD (by my standards). The only thing I love is the delicate bare branches of the trees, especially agains the dark red sunsets. Doesn't quite compensate, but at least it's something. But I'll be a different person when spring comes.

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[oyceter]

Mmm, yeah. I feel kind of wimpy for complaining when I live in California too! I feel very bad for my poor sister, who's got to go back to Ithaca.

I know what you mean about the silhouettes of the trees! I love that and the big snowfalls (back in NJ), watching the snow swirl down and transform everything. I start hating it about five hours after the fact though, when I have to trudge through. Then it melts and turns into slushy ice. Ew. And I hate sweaters! I can never find nice ones that don't have to be dry cleaned, and I hate wool because it itches my skin. And I miss my bright colored summer clothes.