solstice (ahhh)

I still hate the winter, but I love the winter solstice.  Now we start to get get a little more light each day ... yee ha. 

And speaking of which, I promised an update on the SAD light didn't I? (and you're all waiting with baited breath, aren't you?) 

I didn't use it last Saturday or Sunday (my routine tends to go out the window on weekends ...), but otherwise I've been using it pretty regularly every morning for the prescribed 25 - 30 minutes.  I sit at the kitchen table and do my morning writing there; you have to sit directly in front of it - your face about a foot away so your eyes are kinda level with the center of the light box - it's not the coziest of positions (i prefer writing in bed, on my stomach, under the covers), but still I do it.  I do it cause hope is not just "the thing with feathers" ... it's that little bit of light and warmth that stays in my chest even when the chill of winter is doing its damnest to freeze up everything around it.

I sit there and bask in the fluorescent glow and hope that it's having some effect; its been 2 weeks since it arrived, and while I am not feeling spring-like in spirit, the dreaded winter bum-out may be slightly lessened: I am not entirely slugged out (i don't feel like i have lead in my bones every morning, don't need to be in bed almost every night by 9:30), and carbohydrates have not become the only foods in my diet.  So yes, I suppose you could say it's helping.  Let's keep our fingers crossed for still more ...

And knowing that today was the darkest day? Well, that means tomorrow will be a little lighter.  And the day after that, lighter still.  The earth is working its way closer to the sun and we have something to celebrate my friends.

So in keeping with the spirit of celebration, I hope you'll enjoy this wonderful mash-up version of Winter Wonderland as much as I did.  With contributions from The Partridge Family, James Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Eurythmics, Neil Diamond, and so many more, it is simply warped and brilliant.  (and i do so love that warped and brilliant stuff.

Happy Solstice.

Comments

[Marilyn]

Deb, best wishes for a calm and beautiful holiday season...may 2008 bring you joy. (I swear to god, I first mis-typed that "bring you GUY"...ha!) :) xoxo