So how do you plan to deal with SAD?

[Ralphie ★]

It doesn't usually affect me that much, but I do tend to gain winter weight.  Sunny weekend days like this help a lot though!  I am also thinking taking sunny winter Wednesdays off should help.

[Further]

To misquote John Prine  The sun is always shining in the pub

[Randomguy]

It is raining here.  I will be mad at what Kirby has wrought until spring, that is how I will deal with it.

 

[Ralphie ★]

1 minute ago, Randomguy said:

It is raining here.  I will be mad at what Kirby has wrought until spring, that is how I will deal with it.

The sun will come out soon!  It is beeyootiful down here!

[Page Turner]

...I move to California.  (Your mileage may vary.)

[maddmaxx ★]

[Prophet Zacharia]

I am booking my next trip to Hawaii.

[late]

1 hour ago, maddmaxx said:

Winter is coming.

[ChrisL]

46 minutes ago, No One said:

...I move to California.  (Your mileage may vary.)

I had to grab a sweatshirt when we went to the beach last night 

[Randomguy]

Just now, ChrisL said:

I had to grab a sweatshirt when we went to the beach last night 

That is awful, no one should have to do that!

[ChrisL]

1 minute ago, Randomguy said:

That is awful, no one should have to do that!

I know right!?!? Still had shorts on tho!

[jsharr ★]

I use puppy lap therapy

[late]

I have my pot pills.

[groupw]

I will run outside more this year. Hoping to get a long weekend to Arizona sometime during the winter. 

[late]

We might go to Florida this winter. My wife's best friend has cancer, treatment has just begun, but she's reacting badly. Might be the last chance.

[Razors Edge ★]

I try to get outside as much as possible, but it is still tough.  I definitely am put in a low level funk all of January.

[2Far ★]

Winter is a sunny season here, generally. 

At work lately, I've been trying to get up every hour & walk around. It's nice enough now that I can go outside without working up a sweat. 

[Razors Edge ★]

3 hours ago, late said:

Winter is coming.

That wall made the Maginot Line look useful.  Jeebus. What a disappointment.

[Guest]

Winter isn’t the problem, there’s plenty to do. We usually get out and ski or snowshoe everyday. For me this time of year is the hardest. Cool wet weather, no snow to play in. Time on the trainer or dreadmill helps.

[late]

30 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

That wall made the Maginot Line look useful.  Jeebus. What a disappointment.

The wall had worked for centuries. The White Walkers had faded into myth, from their POV, the wall would stand.

[donkpow]

I don't get SAD, I get MAD.

[Longjohn ★]

I spend a lot more time at the gym. The pool is nice and training for the late winter indoor triathlon is fun.

[MoseySusan]

My classroom has no windows, so I often go to work in the dark of morning and leave for home at dusk without seeing sunlight all day. Weekends on the bike are essential.

[shootingstar]

10 hours ago, roadsue said:

My classroom has no windows, so I often go to work in the dark of morning and leave for home at dusk without seeing sunlight all day. Weekends on the bike are essential.

Tough when classroom has no windows.  How are the kids ..seem to you?

I agree with Ralphie, about weight management at this time of year when I go to work and return home both times in the dark.  

I try to walk daily, when it's not conducive to safe cycling on streets with snow and ice.  In Vancouver when it gets too rainy for cycling, it is walking to somewhere to do stuff. To get outside at least once a day.

[Square Wheels]

I try to run when it's light, if possible.  Usually I walk to the car and it's still light out, though it's dark by the time I get home.

[Ralphie ★]

23 hours ago, late said:

We might go to Florida this winter. My wife's best friend has cancer, treatment has just begun, but she's reacting badly. Might be the last chance.

That fricking red tide is putting a damper on that possibility.  We sometimes visit my wife's friend down there, but the beaches are unusable, so that takes away a lot of the appeal.

[Longjohn ★]

53 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said:

That fricking red tide is putting a damper on that possibility.  We sometimes visit my wife's friend down there, but the beaches are unusable, so that takes away a lot of the appeal.

That's just temporary, it will be gone after the election.

[Kirby]

I use the cold weather  to stay inside and catch up on reading and chores (and napping), plus I try to find the beauty in the winter.

[Kzoo]

I don't get sad.  I get even.

 

[TrentonMakes]

I am going to be a miserable SOB.  that oughta do 'er.

[Razors Edge ★]

On 11/3/2018 at 4:11 PM, late said:

The wall had worked for centuries. The White Walkers had faded into myth, from their POV, the wall would stand.

Still, the Wall's complete and utter failure and so quickly made it one of the single most disappointing story lines in the series so far.  I was/am disappointed the wolves are playing smaller parts (hoping that they return with a vengeance at some point), and a few other story lines annoy me, but the Wall one is just too big a WTF for me.

[Prophet Zacharia]

On 11/3/2018 at 12:09 PM, Prophet Zacharia said:

I am booking my next trip to Hawaii.

At the cost to me of going to 24 hours of trainings while there, my company is footing the cost of airfare and 4 nights hotel accommodation... so look out Big Island, here I come!

[dinneR ★]

Fatbike and ski season are just around the corner. Get after it. 

[late]

34 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

Still, the Wall's complete and utter failure and so quickly made it one of the single most disappointing story lines in the series so far.  I was/am disappointed the wolves are playing smaller parts (hoping that they return with a vengeance at some point), and a few other story lines annoy me, but the Wall one is just too big a WTF for me.

If you read the books, they were in what we would call the Dark Ages. They had writing, but it was still in the mythopoeic tradition. They had the wall, but they had lost the reason why they had the wall. This is a recurring theme in both literature and history. The Maginot Line, the Fall of Rome, Sometimes the barbarians win.

In the books, it's completely understandable. The wall looks invulnerable. If you didn't know about the coming storm, there is just no reason to think it wouldn't stand for centuries longer.

It also serves to provide a contrast between the singularity of purpose of the White Walkers, and the chaos among the humans.