For anyone who reads the updates on my Facebook status, it comes as no surprise that I don't get along well with Minnesota weather conditions. I wish I did. I wish I was one who could be happy with bare trees and dormant, leafless plants 7 months out of the year. I wish I could be happy with an 18 degree wind chill at the end of April. It's not that I am an unhappy person. It's just in the doldrums of the Winter months, I lament. I lament that I have less energy to do "fun" things in life. At the brink of every winter, I say to myself: Danielle, why don't you host a couple parties to help get you through winter!? Danielle, call and write some old and dear friends and family! Danielle, hunker down and read some good books! Danielle, do some of those household projects you want to do! But I have noticed a sad pattern and that is my intentions remain just that - intentions. And another pattern emerges: I am just a way happier person in June, July and August. I would not say I am depressed or that I suffer from a major case of SAD during winter. It is just I don't have it in me during the long Minnesota winter months to do anything "extra." I spend time and have fun with my beloved best friend, JVD, I work hard and have fun at work, I muster any extra motivation to stay "healthy" by exercising. Aside from things that are "scheduled" in advance on my calendar, I rarely feel compelled to call a friend, arrange an impromptu outing, "do" much of anything on a whim. The warm summer months transform my attitude and outlook of life. I feel a swell of energy return just by being able to sit outside in warmth surrounded by green plants and colorful flowers. I am a happier person when winter ends. And so defines my love/hate relationship with Minnesota. Love the "life" it has afforded JVD and I....love the people we have met and befriended....love the work I do here....REALLY love the beauty and fun that comes with the summer months...just wish those months stretched out a lot longer than they do. And so, I lament this end of April, 2008. I lament the snow and the cold. I lament the lack of flora and fauna and the buds that have yet to emerge and bloom. Oh, how I need a good dose of Spring.
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Maybe you will feel better when you are flying around in an old Cessna in the middle of the winter...
-Todd