I need the solstice to get here NOW

[tacosforlife]

One week until the days start getting longer. Breathe, tacos, breathe.

I think this might be the hardest part of moving back to the Midwest. And no, having DST would year round would not help because we only have 9 hours of daylight right now.

I'm ready to murder puppies, y'all.

[wambam]

I would love to stop running in the dark at 5pm

[tacosforlife]

Dec 15, 2015 16:39:07 GMT -5 wambam said:

I would love to stop running in the dark at 5pm

Even moving everything back an hour wouldn't change that. Today's sunset: 4:17 pm.

[jene]

It really is depressing right now.

[wambam]

Dec 15, 2015 16:40:01 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

Dec 15, 2015 16:39:07 GMT -5 wambam said:

I would love to stop running in the dark at 5pm

Even moving everything back an hour wouldn't change that. Today's sunset: 4:17 pm.

Ugh.

I bet I will be wishing for darkness around July when I'm running 8+ miles after work and it's hotter than the devil's crotch outside.

Why did I think running a marathon was such a good idea?

[atlas]

YES! OMG. And the sun doesn't starting rising earlier until JANUARY 7TH here! OMG. I hate it. I love getting more sunlight, I just wish it was in the morning.

[tacosforlife]

Dec 15, 2015 16:41:09 GMT -5 @tooshort said:

You don't enjoy the dark at 3:30? I love it. LOVE IT! See how happy I am right now?!? I'm like a ray of sunshine over here....I think, I haven't seen a ray of sun shine in FOREVER!

[tacosforlife]

Dec 15, 2015 16:41:15 GMT -5 wambam said:

Dec 15, 2015 16:40:01 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

Even moving everything back an hour wouldn't change that. Today's sunset: 4:17 pm.

Ugh.

I bet I will be wishing for darkness around July when I'm running 8+ miles after work and it's hotter than the devil's crotch outside.

Why did I think running a marathon was such a good idea?

Well, this is a problem I generally don't have. We hit 90 in August, and it was the first time in almost 2 years the temp had gotten that high. I distinctly remember wearing a sweatshirt to a July 1st baseball game once.

[mrsukyankee]

Dec 15, 2015 16:40:01 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

Dec 15, 2015 16:39:07 GMT -5 wambam said:

I would love to stop running in the dark at 5pm

Even moving everything back an hour wouldn't change that. Today's sunset: 4:17 pm.

Yeah, ours was 3:51 and sunrise wasn't until 8am.  It's seriously depressing, especially as it's been dark and rainy for the past few weeks, so we're not getting any light at all.

[2curlydogs]

I can cope with the short days if during the day it's actually fucking sunny out.

The last several days of grey have made me want to throw things.

And with that, I'm making myself go to the gym for the endorphin hit.

[meshaliuknits]

These are not the same reasons I'm looking forward to the solstice. lol

[elleblue]

I like the dark and I don't mind the cold. Obviously I live in the wrong place.

[MarmeeNoir]

Winter makes miss the tanning bed.

My age spots don't.

[Deleted]

I blast my eyes with a therapy light for an hour every morning. It kind of helps.

[tacosforlife]

Dec 15, 2015 16:51:35 GMT -5 2curlydogs said:

I can cope with the short days if during the day it's actually fucking sunny out.

The last several days of grey have made me want to throw things.

And with that, I'm making myself go to the gym for the endorphin hit.

MY GYM IS CLOSED FOR THE WEEK!!! Seriously, these assholes couldn't do renovations in September? It's a little too cold to just walk, so I guess I have to go for a run even though I don't feel like it. Otherwise I may murder Fatty. And poor Fatty doesn't deserve that.

[LoveTrains]

Dec 15, 2015 16:40:01 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

Dec 15, 2015 16:39:07 GMT -5 wambam said:

I would love to stop running in the dark at 5pm

Even moving everything back an hour wouldn't change that. Today's sunset: 4:17 pm.

I got you beat! Today's sunset: 4:15 pm 

[Deleted]

9:09 AM
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 (CST)
Sunrise in Saskatoon, SK
4:54 PM
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 (CST)
Sunset in Saskatoon, SK

Our disdain for DST is okay, but I still hate everything until at least March.

[LoveTrains]

Dec 15, 2015 17:17:52 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

9:09 AM
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 (CST)
Sunrise in Saskatoon, SK
4:54 PM
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 (CST)
Sunset in Saskatoon, SK

Our disdain for DST is okay, but I still hate everything until at least March.

Oh that is brutal with a 9:09 am sunrise! It would be better IMO if it was 8:09 sunrise and 3:54 sunset. 

[aurora]

Dec 15, 2015 16:37:41 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

One week until the days start getting longer. Breathe, tacos, breathe.

I think this might be the hardest part of moving back to the Midwest. And no, having DST would year round would not help because we only have 9 hours of daylight right now.

I'm ready to murder puppies, y'all.

Because everyone *loves* a one-upper, I'll see your 9 hours and raise you -5.

ETA - largely because I wanted to post this cool picture.

[tacosforlife]

You guys. It's 42 with 23mph wind gusts and raining right now. I can see whitecaps on the lake. I am going to be stuck inside all day. And my gym is fucking closed.

[Deleted]

www.amazon.com/Nature-Bright-Portable-Therapy-Wake-Up/dp/B012CBOFZ0/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1450277165&sr=8-8&keywords=light+therapy

[Deleted]

I suffer from SAD too. I'm doing all right now because the weather has been so mild lately and the anticipation of Christmas helps. But I know my mood is going to crash come January. I HATE January. I'd love to just hibernate right through it.

[tacosforlife]

I don't think I have SAD. I think I have "I need to exercise or I will cut a bitch!"

I was feeling down about the light issue yesterday, but after I went for a walk - in the dark and the cold - I felt fine. But OMG, even I have limits. I'll go running in 10 degrees and calm but this shit is nastyyyyy.

It probably doesn't help that my apartment building apparently turns the heat off during the day, and I can't feel my feet.

I'm a mess.

[wawa]

workout video? Yoga? Get a one day trial pass to another nearby gym?

But yeah, I feel you man, because this darkness shit is for the birds. I swear it's darker this year. I don't remember being so bothered by it previously, but leaving the office ON TIME in the dark is some bullshit.

[tacosforlife]

Dec 16, 2015 10:02:09 GMT -5 wawa said:

workout video? Yoga? Get a one day trial pass to another nearby gym?

But yeah, I feel you man, because this darkness shit is for the birds. I swear it's darker this year. I don't remember being so bothered by it previously, but leaving the office ON TIME in the dark is some bullshit.

I was chatting with @mrsbecky and realized that my gym has four other locations. LOL. I forgot. What a DUMB DUMB.

I'm so provincial. I rarely travel more than 3 miles from my house, so I forget these things.

[Deleted]

I just booked a trip to Iceland during the summer solstice. That should help me catch up on my sun hours!

I'm just glad I moved to an office with a window this summer. Last winter was brutal with an interior office.

[tacosforlife]

Dec 16, 2015 10:10:13 GMT -5 @ameliapond said:

I just booked a trip to Iceland during the summer solstice. That should help me catch up on my sun hours!

I'm just glad I moved to an office with a window this summer. Last winter was brutal with an interior office.

Oh yeah, I have one of only two windowless offices in our suite. And what's annoying about me having that one is that, until a couple of weeks ago, I was the only one who has to be in the office every day. Actually, after I was complaining about that one day, one coworker said I could use his office when he teleworked, which I thought was sweet.

So now I'm finally teleworking. We have tons of windows in our apartment. I was all like, "YEAH, NATURAL LIGHT!" Except the sun is nowhere to be found.

[sushi]

Oh, you left me and now suffering? I'm crying for you.

[Deleted]

Another basement worker, no windows anywhere in our office area. We moved here in April 2014, and I'm pretty sure it's a big factor why I needed Zoloft starting last winter. We were supposed to move buildings again this coming January, and it's getting pushed off until the fall. I feel like sending the university my prescription bill.