On Autumn

It has only felt like Autumn for about a week and yet I am deep in a seasonal transition funk.

 

For a little while I tried to find the joy in having the gel pedicure chiseled off my toes and returning to woolly socks, but it didn't work. Partly because I would honestly rather go to the dentist than submit to gel pedicure removal torture. It's ouchy and if you have been tempted to maximise your bang for pedicure buck, your nails underneath will look awful. Also, I havent done a wool wash in a long time, so all my favourite socks are languishing at the bottom of the laundry bag instead of looking all joyful and inspiring in my drawer. I know there is a simple solution to this, but indulge me, I'm feeling the urge to whine.

And eat. 

Honestly. Monstrous amounts of the stodgiest food. I'm like some animal preparing to hibernate. Hubby caught me the other day muttering 'must have cake' like a mad woman, with only my backside visible as my head was thrust deep into the dark recesses of the kitchen cupboard in the effort to find some. And I've scoffed an awful lot of cheese. Which is bad because eating cheese gives me god-awful acne. I am currently sporting the face of a hormonal teenager (with added wrinkles, naturally).

And the real issue? I think winter is coming. And with it, being confined to barracks. And I'm not happy about it. There just aren't enough mini pumpkins in the world to make me feel cheerier. Cute though they are.

Comments

[Sue]

Oh.... and I was planning a post on the joys of autumn. Sounds like it will be wasted on you. I prescribe chocolate and alcohol.

[CJ]

Thank you, at last someone who is not utterly thrilled with autumn. I have a huge whining post in my head about all the damp and rotting and decay and cold and IT HAS TO COME OUT. I feel I have permission to say it all now. And permission to eat as well. Thank you. CJ xx

[Lynn]

Well, you could make a winter visit to Scotland. It won't be any less wintry (HA, that's for sure!), but it could be fun...

(Cheese AND bread and sugar and fried food give me acne face. At age 51. Ugh.)

[Megan]

Ugh. Hate being in that place. If I could, I would send you some of my Spring, but I am afraid I am overly enthusiastic about it's joyful joyness at the moment, which is likely to just make things worse. At least there is cake.

[The Coffee Lady]

Can you not play tennis inside?

[Iris]

I find your post oddly reassuring, because I feel like that every year. Spring is great, Summer is fantastic, but I'm not much of a winter person. :/

[driftwood]

maybe you could learn to play squash? until it's spring again.....

[Tracy]

Autumn is the in between; neither one thing nor the other. That is enough to unsettle anyone. Acne is the eternal curse. For me, it's wine, especially champagne, that is the culprit.

[Toffeeapple]

Oh, it is my favourite time of year. How sad that you feel that way about it. Time to make delicious vegetable soups.

[Amy at love made my home]

Hunker down and just go with it! xx

[Angel Jem]

Must eat cake..... Love it. Does your mood improve or dissipate further with Christmas?

[Esther]

So winter might drive you indoors, but imagine this: I am in Australia and soon, in the peak of my summer it will be so stinking hot that I will be imprisoned by the heat. In 45c you really can't do anything, except 'survive' and live indoors. Personally I hate the cold, but at least in the dead of winter you can warm yourself up and be creative.

[MagicBean]

I have vowed to never gel again.
Hope the autumnal funk funks off soon and you can enjoy the autumnal in all it's glory. How about setting another Compound Word Week to take your mind off things...?
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[Julie]

Autumn definitely brings on nibbliness and I'm sure it's completely natural to be craving cake at this time of year, it's just your inner doormouse surfacing! Hope you found cake and are settling into the shorter days. I usually like autumn but it does seem to have arrived a bit too quickly this year!