Remember a few months ago when you first started noticing that it was dark as you leave the office to head home? Then you began to notice that it was pitch black outside as the alarm clock buzzed in your ear. You'd startle awake confused and unable to comprehend how it could possible be 6 a.m. when it was still so very dark outside. Now, of course, it's January and the darkness is getting a little old. Sure the cold and snow are a nice break from the heat of summer, but let's face it - the darkness is not kind to the spirit. It slows steals your energy and confuses the brain by making it seem as though there just isn't time in the day to rest, let alone to get anything accomplished. Looking out the window at 3:47 p.m., I see the darkness already starting to creep in. Dark clouds lurking to the north threatening a cold night. A comfy sweatsuit and warm wool socks aren't enough to keep out the bitter chill that the darkness lets in. What's to be done until the summer finally chases the darkness away?
Time to think of the light. Leaving work and heading home with enough time to change your clothes and take a two hour walk outside through beautiful open space. Gaze at the vast expanse of skin with the sun warming your cold skin. The smell of sunscreen, greasy on your skin. Time for a bathing suit (you should have one - they're already on the racks in the stores) and a few laps in the pool before dinner. Barbecue chicken, potato salad, and lemonade on the back deck. Smell the citronella candle burning and keeping away the summer pests. Fluffs of cotton flutter past in the breeze. That's more like it. Soon enough it'll be time for the darkness to take a much deserved break.
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