what with the SAD, and all the rain and dark clouds this morning (it could still be night time for all the natural light that’s coming in my window), getting out of bed was a herculean task this morning. the effort started with the radio, the gentle tones of NPR pulling me toward consciousness and the outside world. then my laptop (still in bed), emails from a few (early-rising) family and acquaintances further tugged my brain toward wakefulness and functionality. skimmed some blogs. checked my scrabulous stats. the cat slept on my feet. turned on the bedside lamp. eventually, in order to get up and stay up, it took turning on all the lights in the apartment, warm, incandescent glow* to fight off the sluggishness brought on by the darkness outside.

really, the drip drip drip of the 40 degree rainstorm is a good thing, it might eat away at the parking lot glaciers that are making owning and operating a car a ritual pain in the ass. this cold rain is the ugly process by which we move into spring.

for now, on to orange juice and yoga, then my to-do list. this is actually why my life is usually so over-scheduled. i *think* that empty days on the calendar will be wonderful, freeing, blissful, but instead i find them crippling. intertia takes over. i move slower, get less done.

can you tell i’m done with winter?

i should really really think about living in california. (florida’s not an option).

*you will have to pry incandescent lights out of my cold dead hands before i switch to fluorescents. i would sooner give up my car than give up incandescent bulbs. (and what with everyone pitching their fluorescent light bulbs into the garbage and contributing to the mercury contamination in our food chain – talk to me about switching bulbs once you’ve set up a functional recycling or exchange program). when it seems that incandescent is going out of style, i will horde cases of them into my old age.