Or should I say, hello Novembrrrr? We’ve had our first cold snap here and well, I’m whiny about it. I just can’t like cold weather. I am one of those people who is always cold, all winter long. My son laughs at me because I wear layers of clothes, even in the house. For someone who hates to wear clothes at all, being bundled up in layers is pure hell.
This morning I did not want to get out of bed, and because it is Saturday, I didn’t have to. (Yes, I just ended a sentence using a preposition.) Okay, eventually I did get up, but I was not in a big hurry to do so. I was perfectly, gloriously warm. It’s no secret that I love my bed, no matter what the season. I’m a firm believer in having a great mattress and excellent sheets and bedding. Sleep is so important to our overall health and just think how many hours in our lifetime we spend sleeping. I have a feather bed, a silk and velvet quilt and a down comforter on my bed already.
This was exactly how I felt this morning. I laid there for a while, wondering if I thought about it for long enough, the coffee would make itself. It didn’t. Sigh. However, when it was made, it tasted especially delicious. There’s just something about hot coffee on a cold morning.
Despite the cold, it was a beautiful sunny day today. I bundled up and took a walk around my neighborhood. The sky was especially blue and it made all the colors on the leaves pop even more. The one great thing for me about this time of year is that the air quality is so much better, and that means no allergies, no wheezing and no asthma.
Oh, Daylight Saving Time, how I loathe thee. I think I could write an entire sonnet to my detest of DST, especially going off DST as we do in the autumn. For the next several weeks, my body will have no idea what time it is. The biggest problem is that it will be dark before I am finished working. There are two problems with that: 1) I am not able to stay later than the rest of the staff and work because there is no way in hell I’m leaving my office and going to my car in the dark by myself and 2) Darkness tells my brain that I should go to sleep.
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