White, Orange, and Dang it's Dark Early
The whole town's been in a funk lately. It's not completely obvious either - but there is a subtle trend of melancholy running through the community. How much of an effect does weather and days have on the moods of a community? Here's what has happened here in the past three days:
1) Halloween. On a Sunday. So Halloween happened for many people twice; Saturday night and Sunday. Enough said.
2) Daylight savings time going away or whatever they call it when we "get" an hour in the fall. Personally I think it's just keep the farmers working early time. I mean seriously - why do we need an extra hour of sunlight from 6am - 7am? What segment of society besides the aforementioned farmers and work-a-holics are doing anything productive at that time of day (Ok, I know, military, police, paperboys... don't bore me with details because I know you know what I'm talking about)? Even though people get an extra hour of sleep, they are more tired for the next week because of the whacked out schedule.
3) Season's first snow. Sunday night as we walked out of church it was raining. By 9:30pm it was snowing (freezing the rain and making the roads oh so fun) and it didn't stop snowing until sometime Monday night. So, it is now a winter wonderland outside - I think we got about 6 inches that stuck. It's quite gorgeous.
I definitely think it's weird that weather and events can have such a global impact on people's moods. What do you think? I'd love to hear your comments.
Well, if you've made it this far through a boring post, then congrats. You now get the meat.
I personally have been in a funk the past week or so. And the worst part is I have no idea why. Seriously. I've had roomies say "I'm worried about you," friends ask me what's wrong, and myself wondering what the heck is up. This is all before the weather as well. I'm just down. Things are going well, money is okay for the first time in a while, and I really do not have any reason to be down. But I am. Have any of y'all ever experienced this? How did you escape the funk? Thanks - any input will help.
posted by Devo @ 10:35 AM
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