My wife jokes that this forum is my therapy, and she's only partially kidding, but she's only partially right.
She and I have both flirted with (or done some serious foreplay with) depression at times in our lives, so we're familiar with what it feels like. The dullness in your head, the weight inside you, the lack of interest....some of you know, too. Seasonal Affective Disorder runs in my family (along with a few other lovely genetic markers), and although I've never been diagnosed because I've never let a Navy doc that far into my head, I have no doubt I have some similar effects. The worst part of the year for me is from fall Daylight Savings until after the new year. At the Academy, they call part of that period the Dark Ages, and boy, is it. I hate it, especially here in SE VA, where it is grey and rainy all damn winter.
So, back to therapy. This forum. You guys. And driving the Slingshot every single day I can. I've been paying attention to how I've been feeling, and the truth is, I feel pretty damn good. Worse when it rains for two weeks straight so I can't ride, but that's easy to get through, knowing it's waiting for me out there.
So....thanks. That doesn't seem like enough to say, but it's what I got. The jokes, picking on, nagging, laughter, the giving and sharing...the cameraderie and family. Yeah. Thank you.