The end of winter—at last

Today is the last day of winter in the Southern Hemisphere—finally. However, the past week or so has had a lot of rainy weather, and while it hasn’t been particularly cold lately, recent days have been rainy and blustery, with some very strong winds this afternoon and evening. Parts ofthe country have also received snow. September can have wintry weather, too, but that’s next month’s challenge.

August was a busy month for me, with a lot of things going on, seemingly all at once. However, that’s also meant little or no progress with the work refresh of my living space, something I talked about a month ago today. All I managed, really, was research on what I want to do and how I want it done. Unfortunately, that also included some deviations into projects that are farther down the road, in particular, I finally came up with the solution for how I want to refresh my dining table, something that’s stumped me for maybe a decade—progress? Maybe.

However, all the time challenges this month have affected everything, and that includes this blog and, in particular, the podcast I allegedly do. Over most of this year, I’ve been writing blog posts at night, usually right before I published them. Unfortunately, this month in particular—and not for the first time—I’ve been too tired in the evening to write. In fact, I’ve been more likely to fall asleep watching TV than to consider switching on my MacBook to write a post. Maybe September will have better solutions—and what’s the point of having a brand new month if not to treat it as yet another opportunity for a re-set? Eventually, that might even happen…

Still, I actually did manage to get plenty of stuff done this month, so I don’t want to make it sound like it was a total write-off—no month ever is, not even the ones in which I accomplished next to nothing. Even so, I’m hoping that tomorrow will mean the start of a very productive month. Hope—ahem—Springs eternal, right?