Winter is so depressing

TeddyTedson

This has to be the worst time of the year. The Christmas and New Years celebrations are over, I know it's meant to be the 6th, but they're over. People who were off are now going back to work. Everyone is fairly broke I imagine too, I know I am. I've been afraid to look at my online bank account balance. The days are still disgustingly short. A lot of people will be going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark too.
The weather is just horrible, especially right now. At least snow is a bit different, but all we have now is wind, rain and coldness. The thoughts of when I started work at 7 outside in the cold, yuck.
I really wish I could just hibernate for Winter.

Senna

I've been working solid this last month, work will be very quite for all of January, so i have too weeks of "no pressure" work followed by a 2 week holiday. I love this time of year, but your right about the weather.

Missmiddleton

If its any consolation to you it's only going to get closer to Spring/ Summer

TeddyTedson

Why did our ancestors bother traveling here? I'd have been happier back home near the equator. I've just been on youtube for the last 15mins watching videos of summer time:(

bmcc10

Agreed its been all downhill since Sunday and the wind has me bonkers..Supposed to be back to normal in the morning at 7.30 but as off yet haven't slept a wink silly sleeping routines depressing to say the least..

amacachi

I need this, I need love, I need you.
You're around, you're right here so you'll do!

I like rain, I like ham I like you...






Yeah winter's a pain in the arse.

Jesus Wept

Poor Ted, I concur, the weather is horrible in Jan/Feb/Mar.
I don't mind the cold, I don't even mind rain, it's the **** wind combining with either/both of the other/s I can't stand.

Edit: On a personal level, it's exasperated lately as I am awake nights with my ****ed up sleep and have barely seen daylight (the ****ty attempt we get most of the time at this time of year) in weeks. Probably not good for me.

Azureus

I never got the January blues before, but damn I am not liking it this year!
Probably because I worked a lot of Christmas/was sick so dont feel like I got a break, sleep patterns screwed and general personal circumstances are a bit crappy and will be up until the start of April. The weather is definately not helping.

Itll be summer in no time folks-but now Im gonna stop wishing my life away and see what I can do to make the most out of winter!
Oh right, feck all...back to moaning for me so

krudler

I love winter summer is sh1t, its horrible, sticky humidity, or just warmer rain, gets bright at stupid o' clock, I'd love year round autumn/winter. from october to feb is my favourite time of year.

4zn76tysfajdxp

TeddyTedson wrote: »

This has to be the worst time of the year. The Christmas and New Years celebrations are over, I know it's meant to be the 6th, but they're over. People who were off are now going back to work. Everyone is fairly broke I imagine too, I know I am. I've been afraid to look at my online bank account balance. The days are still disgustingly short. A lot of people will be going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark too.
The weather is just horrible, especially right now. At least snow is a bit different, but all we have now is wind, rain and coldness. The thoughts of when I started work at 7 outside in the cold, yuck.
I really wish I could just hibernate for Winter.

Waaaaaaaaaaaa...

Frank Black

Back in work this morning:(.

Keep telling myself how lucky I am to have a job, but it's not working dammit.

hondasam

TeddyTedson wrote: »

A lot of people will be going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark too.
The weather is just horrible, especially right now. At least snow is a bit different, but all we have now is wind, rain and coldness. The thoughts of when I started work at 7 outside in the cold, yuck.
I really wish I could just hibernate for Winter.

Be positive, it would be boring if all the seasons were the same. The weather is horrible now but we have spring and summer to look forward to.

Dudess

Up to last night it was mostly pretty good weather for winter.

Joy Young Sunblock

Joy Young Sunblock wrote: »

Waaaaaaaaaaaa...

You sound like Rick Dangerous.

ICANN

I love winter :-D I agree this time of year can be depressing- especially seeing brown trees in peoples windows that they can't be bothered to take down!! I think the coming weeks though you see the start of spring and inevitably summer.

spank_inferno

When will winter start?

every day of late has been 10c +

Nothingbetter2d

TeddyTedson wrote: »

This has to be the worst time of the year. The Christmas and New Years celebrations are over, I know it's meant to be the 6th, but they're over. People who were off are now going back to work. Everyone is fairly broke I imagine too, I know I am. I've been afraid to look at my online bank account balance. The days are still disgustingly short. A lot of people will be going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark too.
The weather is just horrible, especially right now. At least snow is a bit different, but all we have now is wind, rain and coldness. The thoughts of when I started work at 7 outside in the cold, yuck.
I really wish I could just hibernate for Winter.

sounds like you suffer from Seasonal affective disorder

you should seek help for it. using light boxes seems to help

hondasam

hondasam wrote: »

Be positive, it would be boring if all the seasons were the same. The weather is horrible now but we have spring and summer to look forward to.

Spring? Spring is suspiciously similiar to winter only the daylight lasts longer!

Summer? We got no summer last year and alot of years since 2005 we didnt get summers either............anyone remember the "summer" it rained for 60 days in a row?

SeaFields

Glass half full....the evenings will only be getting brighter from now on.

im invisible

Shur wouldnt you notice the stretch in the evenings?

krudler

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

sounds like you suffer from Seasonal affective disorder

you should seek help for it. using light boxes seems to help

Is there a summer version of this? I really hate the summer, I should move to that place in Alaska where there's no daylight for a month, I'd fcuking love it :pac: I feel way more productive in the night time than daytime, hate glaring sunlight, dull rainy days ftw!

BraziliaNZ

Deleted User wrote: »

Spring? Spring is suspiciously similiar to winter only the daylight lasts longer!

Summer? We got no summer last year and alot of years since 2005 we didnt get summers either............anyone remember the "summer" it rained for 60 days in a row?

don't even go there. This comes up a couple of times a year in AH and we always have people telling us how great last summer was and that they spent the whole 3 months in shorts and barbecuing and at the beach etc. I wasn't there last summer but the last few I've had in Eire were just brutal, maybe with 5-7 days of real summer weather for the whole season.

krudler

this winter has been really mild though, its been 10C an upwards for most of it, compared to last year it was more like a few weeks of spring.

lastlaugh

I like feeling depressed sometimes.

It makes me feel kind of cool and different?

emeraldstar

TeddyTedson wrote: »

This has to be the worst time of the year. The Christmas and New Years celebrations are over, I know it's meant to be the 6th, but they're over. People who were off are now going back to work. Everyone is fairly broke I imagine too, I know I am. I've been afraid to look at my online bank account balance. The days are still disgustingly short. A lot of people will be going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark too.
The weather is just horrible, especially right now. At least snow is a bit different, but all we have now is wind, rain and coldness. The thoughts of when I started work at 7 outside in the cold, yuck.
I really wish I could just hibernate for Winter.

Broke - meh.

Fat is why January sucks. Pass the celery

du Maurier

This has been a really mild winter so far. I'm hoping it stays like this and doesn't deteriorate. The sub-zero conditions last year were intially a novelty, then an out and out pain in the arse. Being immobilised or having limited freedom due to those conditions doesn't make me happy at all.

Yahew

I personally prefer cold bright mornings to 10C warm miserable muck.

saa

Well I'm not letting it get to me, to be honest I've been more miserable in the sunshine with all the free time and enough money, I still hated the weather, I hated what I was doing and worried about money.

So I'm taking the everything will be grand approach, enjoy what I do have.. heat, coats, bus ticket, somewhere to go... all that good stuff and more.

TeddyTedson

Dudess wrote: »

Up to last night it was mostly pretty good weather for winter.

krudler wrote: »

this winter has been really mild though, its been 10C an upwards for most of it, compared to last year it was more like a few weeks of spring.

It's still really shorts days and everything, and you can't go around in just a tshirt. I live quite high up too and it can be really cold with a wind.
Jumping in the car in the mornings shivering. Argh.
Just thinking about the Summer now, it feels so far away. I love everything about the summer, except, coming home from a night out and it starts getting bright, yuck! Also the Sun shines into my bedroom in the evenings so it can be really really warm. My room is even warm during the Winter, I don't know what it is about this house. The insulation seems almost too good upstairs anyway. Never need to turn the heating on even last year. Shouldn't complain about that though:P

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

sounds like you suffer from Seasonal affective disorder

you should seek help for it. using light boxes seems to help

Hmmm maybe...but I'm not sure those light boxes would help much. I'm sure they'd be nice to wake up to but it's not going to change the weather:(

Wertz

emeraldstar wrote: »

Broke - meh.

Fat is why January sucks. Pass the celery

I'm neither broke nor fat... but it still sucks.

Nothing to do with weather either, it's lack of light and the next bit of partying or a bank holiday that anyone has to look forward to is Patrick's day.
The whole back to work/school and general mundanity don't help either.

Eve_Dublin

I think this would be a good time to inform people that I live in Spain and I've about one more month of Winter weather to put up with before the 8 month Summer kicks in!! Yuuuusssssssssssssss!!! (sorry)

The Uninvited Guest

Agree it's a **** time of year, I could not get a wink of sleep last night with poxy work on the horizon but we are all in the same boat. As most have said, evenings are getting longer etc... it's all down hill man

TeddyTedson

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

I think this would be a good time to inform people that I live in Spain and I've about one more month of Winter weather to put up with before the 8 month Summer kicks in!! Yuuuusssssssssssssss!!! (sorry)

:(
I'd move there just for that. I don't care that their economy is ****e!
What do you work as in Spain?

Aw I love it. It's a new year, a new start, the days get longer from here on in. The panic of Christmas is over (though I do adore the panic of Christmas ), all the plans that can be made for the year ahead, the fact that you've got a full holiday sheet again!

Ah sure tis great

TheUsual

TeddyTedson wrote: »

:(
I'd move there just for that. I don't care that their economy is ****e!
What do you work as in Spain?

Bullfighter.

Tipsy McSwagger

Winter is Coming

The Cold Winds are Rising

Sephiroth_dude

January is such a depressing month though,I don't mind the rest of the winter months.

Eve_Dublin

TeddyTedson wrote: »

:(
I'd move there just for that. I don't care that their economy is ****e!
What do you work as in Spain?

I'm on the dole.

TheUsual

You would think we are living at the ends of the Earth.
Seriously it was very mild for Christmas and is still alright now, no snow or ice on the roads.

Go and live in Canada and you will think this is Spain when you get back.
By the way Spain gets cold weather too and it's dead around the tourist areas, hibernation.

We have a mild climate here, and some dark evenings are because we have daylight savings time. Contact your local TD to abolish daylight savings time.

TeddyTedson

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

I'm on the dole.

Could you not do that here?

44leto

I always liked the winter, I don't mind the cold to much and I like extreme weather.

But if they are to wet then I agree with the OP

Wertz

TheUsual wrote: »

We have a mild climate here, and some dark evenings are because we have daylight savings time. Contact your local TD to abolish daylight savings time.

Please. We are further north than any of the major Canadian cities.
Evenings are dark because of that... daylight savings time is in summer not winter and no amount of faffing about with hour hands on a clock is going to lengthen the mid winter day length. We are mild because we have a maritime climate influenced a by a tropical ocean current and not a continental one.

du Maurier

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

I think this would be a good time to inform people that I live in Spain and I've about one more month of Winter weather to put up with before the 8 month Summer kicks in!! Yuuuusssssssssssssss!!! (sorry)

You start practically every post with, "I'm currently living in Spain and..."

JonathanAnon

Have to agree with Teddy... The dark evenings are the worst part of it for me .. especially since I've no reason to get up early.. mostly working nights these days, so I dont see enough hours of daylight.. :(

Thankfully, I can use cheap alcohol to take the edge off the dark days..

TheUsual

Wertz wrote: »

Please. We are further north than any of the major Canadian cities.
Evenings are dark because of that... daylight savings time is in summer not winter and no amount of faffing about with hour hands on a clock is going to lengthen the mid winter day length. We are mild because we have a maritime climate influenced a by a tropical ocean current and not a continental one.

Yeah you are right.

I was was trying to get the angry mob to go and lynch the Blueshirts.
Busted.

Eve_Dublin

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Could you not do that here?

That was a joke. I teach English.

And actually, no I couldn't. Not enough PRSI credits.

Eve_Dublin

du Maurier wrote: »

You start practically every post with, "I'm currently living in Spain and..."

I know...it's a running joke with myself...

Edit: I'd never use the word "currently"..

--LOS--

you're right Ted, even if there's nothing up with me this time of year makes me feel sh1t and a lot of people will say the same.

Wertz

TheUsual wrote: »

Yeah you are right.

I was was trying to get the angry mob to go and lynch the Blueshirts.
Busted.

Don't mind me, I'm a cranky bugger this evening. A blueshirt lynching would cheer me right up though.

Jesus Wept

Also, WINTER HATES YOUR FACE!!!!

**** YOU WINTER I HATE YOUR FACE.

lastlaugh wrote: »

I like feeling depressed sometimes.

It makes me feel kind of cool and different?

What a pathetic jibe. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

TeddyTedson

I love that feeling during the summer when you wake on a Saturday or something and the heat is already bursting into your house. No clouds in the sky. Jesus I really can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!