Posted by noa on May 10, 2003, at 18:04:08
In reply to Re: I don't want summer to come--T and Gabby, posted by shar on May 7, 2003, at 23:09:03
I love sunlight. Spring is my favorite season for sure. And because I don't like extremes in temperature, I guess the fall is ok,too, but it brings the bees and yellowjackets, which I do not like.
I love sunny days so much. But sometimes a rainy day is a welcome excuse to stay in and lay low. And I suppose the rainy ones make me appreciate the sunny ones more.
I HATE humidity, though. Gimme a crisp sunny day, around 75 degrees farenheit with a slight breeze--AHHHH..... It can even be slightly warmer midday, as long as it's dry and not humid.
I used to live further north, where spring is a blink of the eye between a long winter and a hot summer. Now I live somewhere where the spring is a bit longer and it is lovely.
Summer for me used to mean panicking about body image. I guess it still does, but less so because I'm not so caught up in the youthful social scene, as I ain't so youthful anymore. One of the easy things about winter is being lazy about shaving my legs, and when summer comes, I have to deal with that---and I am follically well endowed, unfortunately, so it means attending to the matter on a daily or every-other-day basis if I am sockless. Ugh.
Fortunately, my work is a casual dress kind of place--so I don't have to deal with stockings and a suit or dress, which would be awful on those hot, sticky days.
When it is spring, I love being able to just get up and get in my car and go! No shoveling, no scraping, no warming up and defrosting. In winter, I have to add at least 10 minutes to the morning routine because of the cold weather.
My main depression is not seasonal but I do have an overlay of SAD. So, when the days start getting shorter in the autumn, I do start feeling some depression. I feel it most in energy level, and in difficulty getting up in the morning. The light box is my companion for about 8 months of the year. I have also had some summertime depression in the past, but I cannot say it is necessarily seasonal. Probably because of all the transitions that typically have happened in the summer. I do dread the heat of summer, but it is usually winter I dread more.
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