sad: seasonal affective disorder

A group of friends and I were having lunch earlier today, and we got into the discussion of how in the winter season, half if not a majority of people we know (including present company) seem to fall into a pattern every year. When the weather is pleasant and there's plenty of outdoor activities, just bout everyone is very agreeable, but when the sun practically disappears and it's very outcast, those gentle-tempered people turn introverted at some level. Out of us discussing it, my friend DL and I were told to be most affected by this type of mood disorder. I suppose that could be the reason why I lost some of my "energetic personality" since I came back from my vacation at the Islands. Which, by the way, has 85 degree winters. If I look back at my time on holiday, I did have much energy and I didn't need an alarm to haul myself off of bed in the mornings. In fact, I actually slept! This is a big deal considering here in the States, I'm pretty nocturnal; my bouts of insomnia spans for a few weeks at a time. Probably because of the heat, unlike the days, it's not very humid at night. So I had 6 or 7 hour nightly sleep, which was heaven compared to none or 3 to 4 hour nights. I also lost most of my appetite, which is amazing since sometimes I still inhale food when I'm bursting in the seams. Man, I didn't need to go to the gym! Just walk outside for a bit and I'm drenched in my sweat (ewh. I know).

Anyroad...when DL and I listened to our friends' semi-amateur 'analysis' (one was a Psych major), it really made sense to us. DL and I usually wait for events, activities, or friends to contact us before we "go out and have fun" around wintertime. While in the sunnier weather, it's usually the 2 of us planning all the shenanigans that go on within our immediate circle. I think it's bout time we do something to change this little predicament we're in. I for one should get out more often. I've been hiding in my room or bookstores whenever there's a party or such that I get invited to. I've even been skipping out on trips to the beach when it's not raining. Though it may be freezing beyond belief, it's nice to run away to the beach in between classes. Gotta the freedom to pick the time for your classes in college. I think I've exhausted this topic enough for now. I definitely will be coming back to review this again in a few days.

Oh, and for those of you who do read my posts, sorry I haven't been to able to blog much the past few days. And I won't be able to for the rest of the week. At least not until the weekend. Too much to do for the moment to get ahead. As for the SM updates that seem to entertain some of you (okay, just LS), I'll have a post dedicated to my progress in the series so far. But I gotta say, I'm past the halfway point. I just couldn't help myself and watched diligently when I'm not napping at night. There goes my "resting periods".

nocturnal yoga

It's time for another Yoga class! As always, I came over an hour early just have some reading time in the library on campus. I just started on Mary Carter's 'Accidentally Engaged'. It's a story bout Clare Ivers, a psychic who gets tangled up with an engaged man after trying to return the bride-to-be's rock of an engagement ring. Did I mention that Clare accidentally talked the bride out of the engagement? Well, I hope my prediction of how the story ends up playing doesn't happen in the way I'm thinking it would. It'd be more exciting if there was a plot twist, but I guess I'll have to wait for that seeing as I'm only on page 9.

Continuing on to Yoga; for class, we only had to do sun salutations and a small bit of a fitness test. So we would be getting out half an hour early today. Depending on how quick you are. The sun salutations took bout 20 minutes because we repeated the whole sequence 5 times. As for the fitness test, it's just flexibility and step ups. It was great fun to watch both classes do all that at once. I wish the class was Monday to Thursday, but then again, that's summer school hours. I'm really looking forward to taking it in the summer again! Along with Pilates. It'll be a productive and healthy way to keep out of trouble this summer.

In the case with my post from yesterday, I will now include an update of my "Sailor Moon relapse". I watched some more episodes of Sailor Moon right when I got home. I reached up to episode 19 and stopped for the night. Considering I left off with 14, I feel accomplished. Probably because I can't wait for the revelation of the characters' identities, that I can't keep myself from slowing down from watching.

Now I think it's time to get some more reading done, so that I can return the book to the library soon and check out another novel that caught my interest the other day.

PS: I'm really getting hooked on the SM beginning theme song! Even though it's Japanese. I'll be seeing that on my playlist as soon as I get a new USB cord for my iPhone.