yes yes, i have been extremely negligent lately. I promise to improve!
I have to say, it seems so weird for it to be 9pm and the sky to still be a cornflower blue, and the sun shining as it hangs over the horizon. it’s 9pm. and it’s still not dark.
9:30 is when dusk settles in, and only about 10 does it finally become truly dark.
do you have any idea how much this messes with your body?
You’ve become used to the sun disappearing at 4 or 5 in the afternoon, to be followed by hours of snuggling in the warmth of…well, pick your own fantasy. but now? if you stay up 4 or 5 hours after the sun goes down, you’ll be up until 3am…in tie to watch the sky softly lighten.
it’s hard, you’re tired but your body isn’t ready to go to bed but you know you should because it’s late but you just can’t fall asleep. in the morning, you’re awake by 5am, terrified you’ve overslept your alarm because the sun is shining so brightly only to discover you have at least another 2 hours of dreaming to go.
and by the time you get used to it, and enjoy running around for hours after work in the daylight, the sun ahs already started slipping away below the surface, earlier with each day until soon it’s dark long before you finish work and you trudge home in the night, sleepy nd ready for bed because darkness means nearly bedtime even if it is only 6pm.
would i go back to a fairly steady sunset between the hours of 5 and 7? No way. Never again. I wouldn’t give up the long languid days of sitting outside until 10pm reading a book, laughing over a pint with friends or admiring the beautiful flowers, just like i would never ant to give up the cold nights of sleet and snow, of curling up with my book under the doona, of sleeping in until the sun is ready to go to bed again. life is that box of chocolates and while i may have my favourites, i prefer to choose haphazardly and bite into it with surprise.
