Winter is coming....

Well actually, it is here. My most hated season. Apologies for June, it just slipped me by. I have been a very busy little vegemite since that last soppy post about not Mother's Day. There have been some up's and downs. Wise old wizards and young dogs with old tricks. Not to mention, the constant urge to bang my head against the sign on the back of the door at work which says 'bang head here' (the youth worker is a genius).

Through the months of May and June, I came to realise why my head shrinker was so keen on me getting a job last year. Between work, camping trips and all round activity, I barely got a chance to scratch my arse let alone think about the whole bipolar thing. Turns out sometimes what shrinks say is not complete and utter bullshit.

Problem being, when life gets busy you tend to loose your mindfulness. By the time I had beavered my way through my hectic May/June schedule, it turned out I was a little down and hadn't even noticed. Apparently being busy is great for your mental health. That is of course, until the busy dries up and you are left sleeping for 14 hours a day, eating far too much junk food and being generally miserable.

I learn the most from falling. The other day I had two such falls and learnt two important lessons. Number one, do not attempt to drive to work before fully removing that cursed winter frost from your windscreen. Number two, there are 10mm in a cm not 100 and if you try to tell one of your students otherwise, it may take a while to recover. Kids can be so cruel. Still, I will never make either mistake again. The first being outright dangerous and the second just plain stupid.

In the same way, I learnt from having such a plate full for those few months. The lesson is that no matter how busy I get, I still need to find the time to be mindful of my mood. It may not sound like much to those of you that aren't 'mentally interesting' but when you are prone to extreme mood states, knowing where ones head is at becomes pretty important.

Winter is my most hated season. Especially in this miserable little backwater. I am too uncoordinated for all those cool winter type things like snowboarding, ice skating and making snow angels. I am also kind of grossed out by the steam that comes off the ground when you go out for a whiz in sub zero. Fortunately, the days have started getting longer and the apparently dangerous morning frost on my windscreen is getting thinner. Bring on the Spring I say and may it be a very long Summer.

Sadly I cannot bore you any more for I must go and study some maths. I did however find this video of amusing animals for your enjoyment. Let's face it, if you took away all the porn, animals doing amusing things for our entertainment would be all that was left.

Stay awesome!