It's November, my least favourite month of the year. I've been counting down days to November because I just wanted it to start so it would be done and over with.
When November's gone, I can officially start waiting for Christmas.
And after Christmas it'll be January, the longest month of the year. January is always a lot of waiting because it is just so bloody long! But then, when that is over, I know it's gonna be OK (OK in the sense that I will still be alive and breathing) and then I'll just be waiting for the spring and summer.
So half of the time I'm just waiting for something, which is a really bad life philosophy. I know, seize the moment and all that. Seize the moment MY ARSE. I'll seize it in the spring if that's ok!
But what can you do, the weather sucks and I don't have this great life philosophy where I could go all SNOWFLAKES <3 CANDLES <3 WOOLLY SOCKS <3 SKIING TRIPS AND SWIMMING IN ICEHOLES <3 <3 <3 because I really hate cold and darkness, the two main constituents of winter.
In case I was too subtle, let me help you read between the lines: I HATE WINTER.
It is crazy how much energy staying awake in this darkness consumes! For every hour you stay awake you have to sleep for one. That's the ratio, approximately.
I try and have a healthy balance of enough sleep, exercise, seeing friends, eating healthily and avoiding alcohol, otherwise it just would not work.
But then there are days like last Tuesday, when I cancelled the date with my friends, cancelled the bodypump lesson and stayed at home all evening drinking red wine. Hahaha. Oh well, at least that made the waiting a little bit more pleasurable!