June arrived, and so did winter. Actually, it settled in a few days earlier, and late last week we brought out the scarves and raincoats and winter coats, and revved up the heating. I have to confess that it’s taking a while to adjust, and summer suddenly seems a long time away. This year will be my third consecutive winter (I tend to broadly categorise this as the period May to October) when we haven’t travelled to warmer climes. That hasn’t happened since my university days! So I’m suffering a little from cabin fever.
To be fair, the cabin fever is as much due to my enforced immobility over April and May as to our financially-enforced incarceration in New Zealand these last three years. I am now enjoying being able to get out and about a little more the last week or two. I need quite a bit more time and medical attention to be fully mobile (the knee I twisted on the way down the stairs is affecting my rehabilitation), and so I guess the reality is setting in that even if we won the lottery, I couldn’t really get on a plane this weekend and head off on an adventure. None of this makes me happy!
So I guess it’s time to focus on the little things in life. To do that, I need to make some mid-winter resolutions. So I have.
- I aim to see my friends more often, after the first half of this year being (necessarily) inwardly focused
- I’d like to get out and do some walks, once I can, to build up strength and fitness, and appreciate the outdoors
- I am going to start a new travel blog, after neglecting Travelalphablog for many years
- Work search will continue, given that it has been effectively on hold for well over six months now
- Cook healthy food, after the intensive Husband-provided period of takeaways
- Find a recipe and bake some gingernuts (for some reason, I have an urge to make gingernuts)
- Become a more proficient photographer – at least with my camera
- Finish putting together, and orderr my Lemons to Limoncello: The Book of the Blog book.
- Continue working on my Spanish, in case sometime I get to travel again in the future!
Interesting ones as winter sets in. In India and more the region I live, we have a moderate climate all year long. So my plan are more over time than season 🙂 good luck will all of them.
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I laughed at “incarceration in New Zealand”… somehow it is bringing up images of Martha Stewart in a cell with a Tempur-pedic mattress, fine linens, and a sommelier to select the appropriate wine for dinner.
What are gingernuts?
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Gingernuts are ginger biscuits (cookies) – but very hard, good for dunking into tea or coffee – hence the word “nuts.”
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All good resolutions. And I’m especially excited to read more on the travel blog. It’s funny — I think as a throwback to the school years, I still make my resolutions for summer instead of winter. It feels like everything slows down in the summer and speeds up in the winter over here.
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If one is to be incarcerated, New Zealand seems like a good deal. Hope you continue to improve. Rapidly. And these are great winter goals!
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Those are great resolutions! Great idea to work on your Spanish while you aren’t as mobile. You’ll be that much further ahead when you’re ready to vacation again.
Let me know your new travel blog URL when it’s up! I’d love to see it!
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PS Interesting that here in Phoenix we have pretty much the same May-October bad weather season. Except in our case, it’s stinkin’ hot instead of cold. I’ll try to send a little of this warmth your way…we have plenty to spare (46C last Saturday)! 😛
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