Lights

[pegkerr]

I got very little of what I'd planned to do this weekend. Well, I got the girls to the library so the girls could get their new books (Delia got 20, Fiona got 15). I went to a meeting at church today that lasted two and a half hours. Entirely too long. I didn't do Quicken, or clean.

But I did do one thing that I hope will help as the days darken: I replaced the broken string of icicle lights that runs around the ceiling in my office. When I turn them all on, the room glows; it's a very different atmosphere.

V. tired; am toddling off to bed. Oh: my dad is doing much better. All his tests were normal today, so he will be discharged tomorrow.

Comments

[callunav.livejournal.com]

The place I lived two houses ago - which is to say, two and a half years ago - I had a study that I hung white icicle lights around. I /loved/ the effect.

I keep saying that I don't think I have any seasonal affective whosiwhatsit, but light is really important to me. At the moment, I'm not sure why I'm so sure: I know that having lots of light, and as natural as possible, buoys up my mood no matter what. It's hard for me to believe (although I know it's true) that this isn't just part of being a living diurnal animal, that not everyone is the same. Whenever someone talks about changing their environment to improve the light where they live, I'm instantly in the cheering squad. It just seems overwhelmingly important to me.

And I know you've talked about light for your own mood, too, and that it's something you're already very aware of, so the little lights are just another piece of it. But they're a great piece. They're beautiful, and fun, and they make the room better. I'm really glad you got them up.

When I have a space that's actually /mine/ (and a little money) I'm going to fill every room with hundreds of watts of full spectrum light for the night time, and big, wide windows for the day. When I have the urge to climb inside my 30-gallon turtle tank and bask under the full spectrum bulb there, I know I'm missing something.

Sorry - I don't seem to be able to not ramble, when I'm posting during an overnight shift. I'll blame it on doing it through lynx, so that I can't properly see what I've written. :) All I meant to say was-- Little lights! Yay!

[marykaykare.livejournal.com]

We've recently discovered that candles help a lot. But I mean rather a lot of them. On days when it's really dark I may cluster as many as 8 or 10, fairly large, in the living room where I'm reading. In addition to regular lights of course. It's a very different form of light and on grey Seattle days is both warming and cheering.

MKK

[von-krag.livejournal.com]

What a great Idea! Much grass MKK :-)

[wilfulcait.livejournal.com]

That's great about your dad. A win for the good guys!

[pameladean]

I'm very glad you all stopped by the Minn-Stf meeting. And glad to hear about your dad, too.

P.