Lightening my mood a little

My internal calendar isn't terribly complex. For me the year divides neatly into two distinct seasons: the period from November 15th to February 15th and the rest of the year. Lest that seem like a meaningless division, the winter months I've singled out are the Dark Days during which over the last decade or so I've gotten used to getting up in darkness and leaving work in darkness. Obviously with my current working pattern, that's no longer quite as true as it once was, but I left my flat this afternoon (I had to stop myself from writing "left work" there, which is also true, and probably another topic for discussion), I realised that the inky night I'd expected to step out into strangely absent, and it took me a few moments to connect that with the date. The evening was closer to a sort of pre-twilight rather than broad daylight, but it was nevertheless bright enough to navigate without the aid of streetlamps. The realisation that the Dark Days are over for another nine months put a smile on my face and lent my step an extra springiness.

Summer's practically here already!