Life This Week 22/7/2019: Winter – Like / Loathe.


Winter.
I don’t hate it but I do dislike its ability to dictate how I can go about my day with a flick of the switch that turns on the rain or the blustery winds.  But then again, I also love winter for its ability to force me to slow down and potter by doing those very same things.
We’re incredibly lucky to live in a part of the world where the winters are relatively mild (our love of wearing black puffer jackets and vests the moment there’s just the hint of a chill in the air in the city is infamous) and our winters themselves are a more than tolerable mix of a few days of cold, many of sun, some of rain and then that glorious count down to spring/summer.
Let’s start with my likes and loves first.
Explorer socks and layers in general.
Mug after mug of tea.

The sofa with its pillows, cushions and blankets.

Or my bed.  So long as I’ve got my Kindle and that ubiquitous mug of tea at hand.  I’m not fussy.

Pea and ham soup with lots of fresh and thickly buttered sourdough.

And then there’s the not so great stuff that I’m not a big fan of.

How the rain slows everything down and makes me a more highly strung driver.  But at least we do get those rainbows.

The colds and sniffles that seem to linger forever.  No matter how many vitamins you take and hours of sleep you try to steal.

The electricity bill from leaving the heaters on.  Both to keep warm but also to help the laundry dry as you drape it around the house to get rid of the moisture the winter sun and or the dryer can’t seem to fully address.

Leaving for and returning from work in the dark.  Thankfully this only happens for but a few weeks but gee those weeks are painful.

The fiddling around with vaporizers and humidifiers.  Annoying but worth the effect on those post infectious dry coughs that seem to last longer now than they did decades ago.  Must be a mutation those viruses have picked up over the year.

It is fun wearing extra layers to work and elsewhere but it is a bit of effort to unwrap yourself when you reach your destination – work, the cafe up the road…

Lastly, the way the cold stiffens you up despite the latest technology you might be wearing in your running gear and ski gloves.  It’s the kind of stuff that only be fixed by an extra long, extra hot shower.

Winter.  Do you like or loathe it or do you make the most of its control on your life while it’s around?


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