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My Life During Long Rainy Days
The western Oregon/Washington rains are back. Dark, wet days with my cats bitching at me while I work on various indoor projects for the next 6 months is what I have to look forward to here.
Which isn't all bad. I'm so used to living this way I start to feel a little frantic and out-of-sorts without it after a long, dry, sunny summer. Our dry season got delayed by a couple of months, so when it lasted well into October this year I was glad, don't get me wrong. However, after 3 months of mostly sun (or, this year, ONLY sun) was really bothering the heck out of me. Some of you out there who are sun worshippers will be aghast at this confession I'm sure– but I'm just not too thrilled with happy, sunny days all the time. I like darkness, even damp. Yeah, I get sick of being stuck indoors so much– but drier regions have colder temps anyway. I get headaches from sunlight. Frequently. Lately, with the sun so low in the sky, I was getting blasted out of bed in the mornings by the strong light coming in my southern facing bedroom windows. What a relief to be out of that!
I have a stack of writing and reading before me. Not to mention my new Sims 3 video game and Found Hearts PTSD recovery group. Lots to do! Boredom is not on the agenda, that's for sure.
But there is an adjustment period– just getting used to not running out into the garden every day. Not sitting on the deck sipping a drink and talking on the phone while taking in the view every day. My sleep cycle is getting disrupted, and I'm turning into a vampire, staying up until 3 or 4 am working on some project or another and then being frustrated when I get up at noon the next day. BAH! I may as well use what natural light is promised each day– I have to watch the Vitamin D levels here, after all.
In other words, “back to normal.” At least around here. And I'm okay with that for now. By February, I'll be damn sick of it– but for now I'm content to settle in for the cool, wet season of my region and resume what I'm used to. I'm not getting depressed, though. Oddly, I find my mood and motivation going UP. This dim dankness is what I like. Its the world I like living in. Good thing I live HERE. =^)
2012-10-26 16:40:07
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