My favorite season is the next one. Each is welcomed, soon to be burdensome. I always look forward to the next and always soon wish this one was behind me. Oh well, interesting subject.
Growing up in the Sonoran Desert meant only two seasons: way too hot or just about perfect. I always longed for the fall leaves, winter snows and rebirth in spring that y'all got to enjoy. I could do without the summer heat though! I've had enough of that to last several lifetimes!
"The arrival of September puts me on edge. I’m reminded of all the things I didn’t do when the days lasted well through the evening," I relate to this so much. Living in Alabama, and being from Pennsylvania & Saint Louis, I was at one point used to the cold. But I am always cold - even in the summer, either because of my thyroid disease or because I don't have much fat on me. I kind of hibernate in the winter, spend a lot of time by the fireplace & spend a stupid amount of money on firewood, try not to leave the house (which isn't usual for me - I live with agoraphobia). Summer is definitely my favorite season. I don't like darkness so it getting dark so early in the winter is really hard on me. I often become depressed because of the lack of sunlight - I am club SAD lamps. I do love spring when it starts to get back to life outside. I hate the sight of the naked trees. I miss green. I don't like Christmas because we only live near my in-laws & I don't particularly gel with them. I ignore Halloween, turn all of the lights off & then no trick or treaters come to our house. Though many people seem to, I don't like being at parties or curating elaborate costumes. I do like Christmas presents though - those are fun. My husband & I almost got divorced this year, in July, & though we've reconciled, I dread being around his family at Christmas this year. No one in his family has reached out to me since we reconciled in July - so it feels really awkward to go see them & I am quite anxious about it. I do like New Years Eve & New Years day, in the same way I love the 1st day of every new month - a fresh start. I don't make resolutions. I like October only because my birthday is in that month - again, presents lol.
Beautiful thoughts and poetry, Jan. By the way, I have a very similar reoccurring dream. I actually love the fall and early winter, and typically dread January and February.
My favorite season is the next one. Each is welcomed, soon to be burdensome. I always look forward to the next and always soon wish this one was behind me. Oh well, interesting subject.
Growing up in the Sonoran Desert meant only two seasons: way too hot or just about perfect. I always longed for the fall leaves, winter snows and rebirth in spring that y'all got to enjoy. I could do without the summer heat though! I've had enough of that to last several lifetimes!
"The arrival of September puts me on edge. I’m reminded of all the things I didn’t do when the days lasted well through the evening," I relate to this so much. Living in Alabama, and being from Pennsylvania & Saint Louis, I was at one point used to the cold. But I am always cold - even in the summer, either because of my thyroid disease or because I don't have much fat on me. I kind of hibernate in the winter, spend a lot of time by the fireplace & spend a stupid amount of money on firewood, try not to leave the house (which isn't usual for me - I live with agoraphobia). Summer is definitely my favorite season. I don't like darkness so it getting dark so early in the winter is really hard on me. I often become depressed because of the lack of sunlight - I am club SAD lamps. I do love spring when it starts to get back to life outside. I hate the sight of the naked trees. I miss green. I don't like Christmas because we only live near my in-laws & I don't particularly gel with them. I ignore Halloween, turn all of the lights off & then no trick or treaters come to our house. Though many people seem to, I don't like being at parties or curating elaborate costumes. I do like Christmas presents though - those are fun. My husband & I almost got divorced this year, in July, & though we've reconciled, I dread being around his family at Christmas this year. No one in his family has reached out to me since we reconciled in July - so it feels really awkward to go see them & I am quite anxious about it. I do like New Years Eve & New Years day, in the same way I love the 1st day of every new month - a fresh start. I don't make resolutions. I like October only because my birthday is in that month - again, presents lol.
Beautiful thoughts and poetry, Jan. By the way, I have a very similar reoccurring dream. I actually love the fall and early winter, and typically dread January and February.
Fall is beginnings for me, oddly enough. But ending too. I love all the seasons for their beauty and their toil, but fall best.