Did anyone else (in Wellington) notice that in the last few weeks, everyone has been tired and miserable?

I sure have!

It struck me, when I was walking along to meet Jim and Mark for our monthly Vista lunch, that the big yellow ball in the sky, was indeed the SUN.

It then occurred to me that the combination of rubbish weather and my job being situated in an office, means it has been several weeks since I have witnessed the sun and that this may well be the cause of my general lack of mojo and my desire to crawl back under the covers and hibernate. (The other option is that wearing stockings is the cause: by the time you get up, wiggle into them, look down and realise they are full of ladders, replace them, then hitch them up like granny knickers only for them to slowly fall down throughout the day… you tend to lose desire to go on).

A brief survey convinced me that the vitamin D we get from the sun is hugely vital to our health and wellbeing. Those invisible little fellas could be the one thing stopping most of us from getting all sorts of sicknesses, but also the dreaded winter blues.

Thank goodness I am normally so excited about all activities that the dramatic reduction in my energy levels and motivation to leave the house was blatantly clear and I could jump on the symptoms and get back out there immediately… But it did give me a shakeup that sometimes in winter, you have to work a little harder at happiness.