I hate winter, I hate the wind, and I'm tired of snow.
I hate freezing my ass off and getting my socks wet every time I step out of the door.
I hate how it's dark when I wake up and dark when I go to sleep.
I hate how I haven't seen the sun in 4 damn weeks!
And I really, really, really don't like January.
Maybe I'm getting old... I used to love winter and all the winter sports like ice-skating and skiing. Nowadays I only hope it would be April already. During the busy summer days I always think how nice winter will be - how I'll have time for reading, being online and watching TV series hour after hour, how I'll be able to sleep as long as I want... but by January I'm always bored with all that. I have always loved April without any specific reason, and now I've noticed I hate January in the same manner - without any specific reason, I just don't like it, it just makes me angsty and edgy.
I'm pretty sure there's no way around this January angst of mine, but sure as hell I'll fight. Today I was feeling especially edgy, but after dwelling in my winter misery for a few hours, I decided to do something about it! People who know me better, know how much I really hate being bored, and how I'm always coming up with something (sometimes absolutely ridicilous) to fight the boredom and find adventures. If I'm miserable, it's no one else's fault but mine. I've let myself get into this angsty-edgy-bored state of mind all by myself, and it's all up to me to get out of it, too. Now it's time to fight - I still have one week to have a good time in January!
First I finally completed my application in ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) which is required for travelling to the US. So, I entered the Homeland Security website for the first time in my life...
Since I'm indeed going to the States for the very first time, all this is pretty exciting for me, and even completing the application made me feel better. Like, one step closer to my US adventure. And some of the questions in the application were pretty interesting (interesting enough to be copy/pasted). Like...
"Have you ever been or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage; or in terrorist activities; or genocide; or between 1933 and 1945 were you involved, in any way, in persecutions associated with Nazi Germany or its allies?"
or
"Have you ever been arrested or convicted for an offense or crime involving moral turpitude or a violation related to a controlled substance; or have been arrested or convicted for two or more offenses for which the aggregate sentence to confinement was five years or more; or have been a controlled substance trafficker; or are you seeking entry to engage in criminal or immoral activities?"
Apparently all my answers were correct (I'm not "seeking entry to engage in criminal or immoral activities"!), because in the end I got this nice message:
"Your travel authorization has been approved and you are authorized to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program."
WHOHOO & THANKS! :-)
Then I had a chat online with Abby. Abby is one of my best friends, and she always manages to cheer me up, even if it's via computer screen :-) I also ordered Rizzoli & Isles season 1 on DVD! Haha, every time I watch R&I, it reminds me of me and Abby... I'd be Rizzoli and Abby is clearly Isles ;-) I told this to Abby, and she promised to check this show out. Hopefully she likes it ^^
After all the cheering up done online, I fought the weather, paid a visit to the closest Hesburger and got myself some apple pie & ice cream. YUMMY!
Next I'll have a loooong, hot shower before spending rest of the evening watching X Files or Smallville (after watching a few seasons of Doctor Who recently, I've somehow slipped into this scifi phase)... overall, I'm feeling much better already, but I will still be happy once January is a closed case! Ohh well, only one more week to go, and after that I'll hopefully have some more interesting things to write about than angst and apple pie ;-)
Yours truly-
2 comments:
Apple pie is always worth blogging about especially if it was freaking worth it (SPN reference! Woo)
And it sounds like you have that SAD disorder/syndrome... Meh. I learnt about it in Psychology years ago and it's basically the idea that the lack of sunlight/daylight has an effect on our feelings... (?) ha.
Here's hoping February cheers you up!
@ Helenn Louise
ooooh I'm so glad you picked the apple pie / Supernatural reference! :D haha, I think it's the same thing I had with Jane/tea earlier... I mean, before I started watching SPN, I preferred blueberry pie, but now it's always apple pie xD
And I bet I feel low because of the lack of sunlight... but it's already getting better :) just checked this site http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1400 "Duration of day: 6 hours, 51 minutes (5 minutes, 27 seconds longer than yesterday)" So, it's already getting longer and in no time it will be summer and I'll be whining about midnight sun xD Damn this crazy country ;-)
xxo
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