I Guess Summer's Come and Gone

June 21st was the summer equinox, which if you don't know is the longest day of the year. In most places Outside, it marks the beginning of summer officially. Unofficially memorial day marks the beginning of summer, but that's irrelevant to this post. So, ever since the winter equinox, we in Alaska have steadily been gaining light. Every day was a little brighter and a little longer and warmed your heart a little more because you knew the sun was coming back. It made getting up easier and the day seem cheerier and frankly I loved it. (Also I don't have trouble sleeping when it's light outside so I didn't even care about that.)

But now, it is past the summer Equinox. So instead of gaining light, we are losing a little bit of light each day, and I'm not going to lie, this depresses me. I feel a little bit like a tiny bit of my soul is dying each day. I'm not sure why this is. After all, I survived last winter relatively intact. Maybe it's because I will be spending this winter further north than I did last winter... which means it will be colder and darker. I don't know. But I do know that I feel like summer is already over and I might as well just pull out the parka and the boots right now because whats the point?! I'm sure I'll get over it. In the mean time I will continue to mourn for the sun that is still very much around all the time.