Well it's officially summer, with the summer solstice occurring yesterday on Father's Day - which also made yesterday the longest "day" of the year. Yesterday we clocked in the most amount of daylight we will see all year. You know what that means, don't you? We're on the downside now. From tonight through December 21st, the amount of daylight is getting shorter. Just having this information depresses me. All winter I look forward to the days getting longer. I really begin to notice it around February, when I get off the train and it's dark, but you can still see a little sliver of light in the west that promises to be a little bit bigger day by day until its completely light out when I get off the train and doesn't get dusky until around 8:45 pm.Now the daylight is going to get shorter from this moment on. Most people won't even really notice at first because it will begin coming off the sunrise. The sun rose today at 5:16 am. It will set at 8:30 pm. But on Wednesday, June 24th the sun will rise at 5:17 am and set at 8:30 pm. One minute gone. It's negligible, to be sure, but its happening, and I hate it.
I have never been diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder, but I'm pretty sure I have it. The short days and long nights of the late fall and winter bother me more and more the older I get. I also have less tolerance for the cold. (That's another post). All the darkness makes me feel like a mole, or a mushroom. I get home from work and the lethargy sets in and I don't want to go anywhere or do anything that requires me to go out. It feels like the middle of the night from 4:30 pm until 7:00 am the next day. It's exhausting.
I guess I'm just going to have to suck it up and move on. Bitching and moaning does absolutely nothing about it - as well as does nothing for my psyche. I am going to enjoy the summer daylight for as long as I can - but I will be secretly keeping track of the ever-shortening days, and the approaching darkness that will inevitably follow. Man - winter sucks.
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