Beating the Grays

I used to think that I had seasonal affective disorder. Not real depression of course, but I thought I was adversely effected by seasons. However, I've learned that seasons don't bother me. I don't even mind the cold or snow that much. I just can't handle dreary gray weather. You can always put on more layers to keep you warn, but there's only so many lights in your apartment that you can turn on to mimic sunlight.

Something I definitely took for granted growing up in Southern California was the omnipresent sun. Although DC is not nearly as bad as most of the Northeast and Northern Pacific regions, I am definitely adjusting to more gray sky days. Strangely, this kind of weather only seem to roll around on Fridays, which makes me even less motivated to do work or do anything productive really.

When I woke up for my eye doctor appointment this morning, it was early but certainly not bright. Perhaps my new optometrist doesn't like dreary weather either because he was cranky this morning, which was then passed to me. I thought it was going to be a long day of moodiness but fortunately things turned around with a stream of really good events today...

• Taking a long walk from the optometrist to the glasses place. Being outside in the cold isn't so bad when you're moving and appreciating the fresh air.
• Finding Alex a great gift for Valentine's Day.
• Just talking to really nice random people today like the customer service woman at Filene's Basement and the woman who works the front desk of our building.
• Turning on TNT to find a Law & Order marathon. Not only did they go through everything I'm learning in my classes right now, they referenced Westlaw! (Only law students can full appreciate this.)
• Receiving a call to find out that I got an interview for a place that I am really interested in interning with this summer.
• Having an opportunity to catch up with Megan and some other frieinds today.
  
• Discovering some new DC eateries to check out, courtesy of Rachel Ray's trip to DC.
• Making Valentine Day Hearts with my roommate to decorate our Holiday Tree. The brightly colored hearts definitely added a lot of brightness to our living room and made me happy.

Since DC's such a great place, I'll accept the tradeoff of an occassional cloud. But I'm telling you, I am starting to think that forced to choose between the two, I would live in Florida over Seattle purely based on the sunlight. That's saying a lot.