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25/06/2022 09:40 pmToday is exactly 6 months since last Christmas (which was also on a Saturday) and exactly 6 months until next Christmas. A bit of a twilight zone.
The 2 days are like from a different planet. Last December Christmas Day in this bit of Oz got to 42 celsius and was the first of a string of 40 plus days. It put an end to what was the mildest start to summer since I came to Oz way back in November 1993.
Today was a crisp and crunchy gorgeous sunny day. It probably never got over 20 degrees.
I felt happy and content and could enjoy my coffee crawl without fear of melting. I had not realized how much a difference it makes to my mood to be able to potter about peeking in peoples' gardens, smelling the roses and snaffling the odd cutting here and there.
Yesterday I filled up a big bag of dark red and brown autumn leaves. They looked like fingers. The tree seeds were like spiky little balls so I am guessing that it was some sort of maple. On Wednesday I got a bag full of gingko biloba leaves from the park near the local library. I am always reminded of Petunia when I go gathering my bags of leaves like some crazy weed lady.
I started on my SSRI happy pills on Friday 1st April which coincided with the change in weather. So I am not sure if it was the cool change and the ability to get out and about again or the pills that have made the biggest difference. I had planned to go off them for a month in the middle of winter to see if it made a difference. But aside from - when you're on a good thing stick to it, the doctor said there is no problem going off them just so long as I do it by taking half a pill for 4 days rather than going cold turkey and then same thing in reverse when going back on. But I find it just so hard to cut the things in half that I have simply not bothered.
I have been picking up Christmas cards and wrapping paper for a pittance over the last few months. Especially from the charity shop. I got a bit distracted last year with the operation and the nuclear attack on the verge last November. I was convinced it was the Grinch but it turned out to be a jerk from the council. So this time I am definitely going to reclaim Christmas and make a schedule so that I hang up decorations, make baubles and the place look as unDursleyish as it is possible to be.
The Financial New Year starts on Friday 1st July. This time I am going to make another attempt at sticking to menu plans and doing a more detailed budget rather than just the current version of getting set amounts deducted automatically for bills and an emergency stash.
( New Financial Year Resolutions and other Goblin Business )
The 2 days are like from a different planet. Last December Christmas Day in this bit of Oz got to 42 celsius and was the first of a string of 40 plus days. It put an end to what was the mildest start to summer since I came to Oz way back in November 1993.
Today was a crisp and crunchy gorgeous sunny day. It probably never got over 20 degrees.
I felt happy and content and could enjoy my coffee crawl without fear of melting. I had not realized how much a difference it makes to my mood to be able to potter about peeking in peoples' gardens, smelling the roses and snaffling the odd cutting here and there.
Yesterday I filled up a big bag of dark red and brown autumn leaves. They looked like fingers. The tree seeds were like spiky little balls so I am guessing that it was some sort of maple. On Wednesday I got a bag full of gingko biloba leaves from the park near the local library. I am always reminded of Petunia when I go gathering my bags of leaves like some crazy weed lady.
I started on my SSRI happy pills on Friday 1st April which coincided with the change in weather. So I am not sure if it was the cool change and the ability to get out and about again or the pills that have made the biggest difference. I had planned to go off them for a month in the middle of winter to see if it made a difference. But aside from - when you're on a good thing stick to it, the doctor said there is no problem going off them just so long as I do it by taking half a pill for 4 days rather than going cold turkey and then same thing in reverse when going back on. But I find it just so hard to cut the things in half that I have simply not bothered.
I have been picking up Christmas cards and wrapping paper for a pittance over the last few months. Especially from the charity shop. I got a bit distracted last year with the operation and the nuclear attack on the verge last November. I was convinced it was the Grinch but it turned out to be a jerk from the council. So this time I am definitely going to reclaim Christmas and make a schedule so that I hang up decorations, make baubles and the place look as unDursleyish as it is possible to be.
The Financial New Year starts on Friday 1st July. This time I am going to make another attempt at sticking to menu plans and doing a more detailed budget rather than just the current version of getting set amounts deducted automatically for bills and an emergency stash.
( New Financial Year Resolutions and other Goblin Business )
