10.30.05
Dark nights
Summer time officially ended at 2am and we put the clocks back an hour last night (or this morning if you are me and want to remember the hour you are gaining). So at 5pm it is now completely dark. This pretty much means getting up while it is dark, going to work in the half light and coming home in then dark; quite depressing. My grandmother who died 6 years ago was one of those people who seemed to suffer from seasonally affective disorder (SAD) and became quite depressed during the winter, particularly after Christmas. I can’t claim to feel like that but I do find the whole thing quite unpleasant, I mean who wants to live life in the dark? This year though it has been un naturally warm in the lead up to the end of BST, on Thursday for example it was more than 70f; global warming perhaps.
Anyway, I feel I am rambling here and no one wants to read a ramble, least of all me. I am now going to come clean; I am rather fed up with myself because this time the deadline is a little close for comfort. I have sorted day one of the two day course, but not even worked out how to approach Tuesday and I am short of inspiration, not to mention feeling a bit weary having spent so much of my own time doing the thing. The theme is to be groups and teams and leadership there in. I have the theory but what about making it interesting for the people coming along? I am hoping that while winging it tomorrow, I will suddenly come up with ideas; lets hope I do as I am not keen on making myself look stupid if I can help it.
The picture above is quite suitable for the day before halloween, by the way the diet has been broken slightly by the purchase of those large bags of chocolate mini bars (buy one get one free) which have been opened and partly consumed within the house. Lets hope we get lots of kids knocking tomorrow, or else the scales will be telling me something!
