Today will be a post about the weather. Yes, such a boring, mundane topic which should be spoken about only in elevators and at bus stops. But lo and behold, I have decided that my beloved blog is the right place to talk about it, because, well I am feeling depressed, listless, unmotivated, sluggish and a number of other adjectives that communicate the same idea.

Reason: grey skies, cold weather, DARKNESS AT 3:30!! I get up and it’s dark. It gets imperceptibly lighter as the day goes on, but what happiness the light may bring is obscured by – rain. And when it rains in Genoa it’s really bad, because it is also windy, so umbrellas are useless….on a classic rainy-windy day you see many an umbrella carcass discarded on the side of the road. Sorry, got sidetracked…so the day gets lighter and is a bit rainy. Then I go into the office of artificial light and sit in front of the computer all day. Then I leave the office at 8 pm and it is pitch black and possibly rainy.   Then it is Friday and I get all excited because the weekend is upon us and I am NOT on call. I sleep in on Saturday pull up the blinds…and scream! Guess what? It’s raining!!

Now,you ask yourself, why on earth is she complaining so much about the rain? Did she or did she not grow up in Vancouver, where it rains ten months a year? Yes I did, but I was young and full of mirth at the time, and when I go back I am on holiday and am therefore full of bubbly happiness. Also places are well heated, and dry, not humid and cold.

Maybe because everyday life has been stressful lately, I feel like I have a permanent raincloud over my head. Here’s hoping I can find the silver lining , unless, of course, I am a Rain God* in which case, I am destined to be studied and become a famous circus freak

 

* Reference from So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series, Douglas Adams ( a recent read…)