Light Bright

It's just after six pm as I write this and the only indication it's not mid day is the position of the sun in the sky.  I find myself acknowledging that six months from now it will be dark and I will not want to do anything at all due to said darkness and the feeling of "day's done" that brings, but despite this... I find myself not wanting to do anything at all despite the brightness outside.

This, I'm telling myself, is ok as I recover from a cold after recovering from high stress.  But still....

Summer feels as busy as the Christmas-Holiday season does.  There are things happening ALL over, every weekend and people are getting out and about and going on holiday and trips and I find it easier to not attend things in Winter due to that darkness and the shorter days.

July's nearly here, and yes, we've passed the solstice and we don't need to talk about what that means for daylight.  I can cross all my fingers that the temperatures hover right around where we are right now... nice, but not opressive.

But, I know I'm just me, and many folks love the heat and the warmth and so I'll just try to manage.

I did, however, walk into the kitchen and on my way back to my couch found myself wondering where on earth the wave of heat was coming from...?

My window, it seems.  My window with UV blocking film on it AND blinds drawn and closed.  Despite both of those things it was RADIATING heat as if my radiator was on.  And yes, I checked.  It isn't.

So down goes the heavy winter blanket I have attached to the top of my blinds.  Another barrier for the heat.  I don't know if I'm fooling myself by thinking these things help and I'm certainly not going to remove them all just to find out!

I wonder where I might live that has days this long but not this warm.  I could probably look at a globe and do the math but realistically... I'm here until there is a significant reason not to be.  (I currently hope to be here forever, to be frank.)

But, yes, it's that time of year.  The gloriously long and bright days.  (That most often come with heat I'm doing my best to manage.)