I hate the end of the holidays. I hate fighting the cold and snow and dark to go back to work. I hate fighting my sweet tooth to return to a reasonable, non-holiday way of eating. I hate going from the wide-open spaces of time spent lounging with family and friends to the hectic pace of regular life. I hate closing the purse strings back up after a month of thoughtful spending.
I dread that I need to finish my thesis by April, G. needs to finish his dissertation by March, and he'll be job-hunting, and I predict we will have scant emotional resources left over to console one another.
The sun looked so weak and distant this morning, so feeble.
Sigh. Moan. Complain, complain. Whine. Whimper.
I leave most of the lights on, I paint scenes with lots of yellow, green and red, I ignore the calendar, I take lots of vitamin C and D and I drink a lot of wine ... that's how I get through the winter.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm. Painting and wine. Maybe I should try those.
ReplyDeleteLots of tea, lots of alcohol, lots of hockey. I've also been trying to work out regularly. And eat seasonally. both seem to help.
ReplyDeleteBut the older I get, the more I hate winter.
Also, btw, if either you or your husband need a reader/proofreader for your academic writing, count me in. I'm available for reading along the way, as well, not just for final-draft stuff.
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