OnWHEEEEEEEE!!!!!

I really haven't felt like my usual chipper self for the last couple of days. There's no good reason for it. Things have been going very well for me, I'm just out of sorts.

I'm finding myself bored with my job, which hasn't happened since my last job change. It's not that anything on the work front has changed, I just haven't been happy with it for a couple of weeks. I thought that taking time off around the holidays would help my attitude, but it really seems to have exacerbated the situation. To top it off, we have a major inspection scheduled next week. My apathy probably won't help that very much at all.

And, while my family life remains very satisfying, I feel sort of alone. I'm extraordinarily lucky that my wife is my best friend. But, most days she and the kids are the only people I speak to outside of the workplace. Our friends The Possible Perverts have been at each others' throats again, threatening divorce for the third time in a year by my count. A nice get-together with them is pretty much out of the question.

My wife thinks that I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder. I don't know if it's anything that serious, but at this point I can't figure out how to approach the problem. I went for a nice run outside in the sunshine on New Year's Eve, which definitely helped. For the last couple of days, the skies have been dreary, and the wind has picked up again. More of the same is on tap for the weekend, so it looks like time outside really won't help much.

This too shall pass, I suppose.