Rainy season is upon us again

13Sep10

Here it is again. Fall. I am trying to find the gratitude towards this season but it isn’t really working. Sorry kids. I find this grey weather depressing. And my house is the coldest darkest house in Victoria. I am sure of it. We have nicknamed it “The Refrigerator”. The thought of another winter in “The Refrigerator” sounds extremely unappealing. Really I have battled a bit with winter depression since I was a teenager. Maybe longer. I don’t remember. I am okay in freezing cold snow but damp wet grey weather just gets to me. I always feel the worst in September and then again in January. I LOVE Christmas. Something about all the Christmas lights coming out in the darkest of days greatly appeals to me. The twinkles make me feel better.

I had found a cure for my winter blues with surfing. Being on the water gives me enough light. Being in nature feeds me. The physical exercise surfing requires gets my own natural happy drugs pumping through my system. Last year I wasn’t allowed to surf because of my pregnancy. I am physically allowed to this year but I am not sure how I am going to manage it. Although I LOVE the idea of playing in the rain on a cold wet beach I don’t think my husband is quite so keen on it. He doesn’t have a wetsuit. He would be stuck on the shore getting soaked with a baby who likely would be fussy and pretty unimpressed herself. I think he will tolerate a few surf trips but I suspect my normal pattern of living at the beach every weekend October through January will be unreasonable. So now I need to find another avenue… So far drinking more coffee than I should be, listening to slow depressing songs and surfing facebook has been my approach. It isn’t working… I am open to some new ideas… Any suggestions on how to survive winter would be gladly accepted.

For now I will look at my daughter’s happy face (see pic above) and listen to my son’s insane laughter from behind the shut door of his room (ahhh  the teen years) to try to help brighten my days. And I will try to make it to yoga and dance and see my friends and eat warm healthy food with them.. and I’ll savour the rare moments I get to feel my husbands warm body against mine in bed. Hopefully these things will get me through this winter.

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