Waking up to chilly darkness is not fun for me. Sometimes it’s hard for me to believe I was born in this climate, because I find it so hard to acclimate. I am very very sensitve to the cold. Yet, in the summer, I very rarely get too hot. So its obvious that fall and winter are not my favorite seasons.

As the days get shorter and the air starts to cool, I feel my attitude changing right along with the weather. I get “cabin fever” bad. A sense of sadness start to roll over me. I start to think of all the things I didn’t get done or do over the summer and feel like time is passing by way too fast. Where did the summer go?!

Now, I’m pretty sure some pharmaceutical company has come up with a diagnosis for  the depression that appears at this time of year. And I bet they’d be all too eager for me to “ask my doctor about” said pill, but I don’t think I need to dole out hundreds of dollars and mess with my body chemistry over this little issue. What I do need, is to hear from any of you who go through the same thing, and how you beat the fall/winter blues. How should I boost my spirits?