Mouse's Nest: Least Favorite Day of the Year

Quotes

We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. ~ Anais Nin

We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be. ~C.S. Lewis

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia . ~E.L. Doctorow

Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. ~Pearl S. Buck

The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. ~Helen Rowland

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. ~Krishnamurti

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us. ~La Rochefoucauld

If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead. ~Johnny Carson

When I speak of home, I speak of the place where -- in default of a better -- those I love are gathered together; and if that place were a gypsy's tent, or a barn, I should call it by the same good name notwithstanding. ~Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby

Absolutes are never true.

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Least Favorite Day of the Year

Perhaps this forever brands me as a pessimist but today is my least favorite day of the year for the simple reason that the days will from this moment on grow ever shorter until December 21st (which, coincidentally is my favorite day of the year) when they grow longer again. I love the long days and I miss them in the winter. I suppose it doesn't matter quite as much now but growing up in Alaska it was always comforting to know that even if my plane home from college didn't get in until 10:30pm, it would still be light enough to see everything that had changed or remained the same in my absence. Conversely, in the winter, I couldn't turn on enough lights.

I have always wanted to travel to Barrow, Alaska, or somewhere above the Arctic Circle, and live there through three months of undying sun. I don't care if it rained or not, just the daylight is enough. Someday. However, today I mourn (just a bit) as I watch the day slowly die one minute at a time for the next six months.

5 comments:

Maryann said...: Maraiya you beat me to it! I am also in agreeance of the least fav. day of the year. i hate knowing that my sun will show it's light less and less as the days go on.; June 22, 2008 at 6:28 PM
M said...: wow - we have something in common? besides our labs? :)

I had no idea we shared this. When you get back to town we will have to have a memorial party.; June 22, 2008 at 6:42 PM
Jillybean said...: I agree. Yesterday I went out in the back yard with the kids and let them play until well after dark. I think I was just trying to squeeze out every last bit of sunlight I could.
It drives me crazy that the days will now be getting shorter. I keep thinking of the lack of sunshine six months from now, when the sun goes down well before dinner time.
Summer is my favorite time of year.; June 22, 2008 at 11:16 PM
M said...: Jill - you know what's odd? Winter is actually my favorite season. I love the storms and eating soup and drinking hot cocoa. But I don't like all the darkness. I miss the light.; June 23, 2008 at 10:13 AM
mia said...: Maybe it is because i live in Alaska...that is doesnt seem to matter that the sun will shine a little less every day. (we can not tell at all...lol) I look forward to the dark days...it is so much fun having snowball fights in the dark!!; June 23, 2008 at 1:03 PM