Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site gatech.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!gatech!spaf From: spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: spring fever Message-ID: <4870@gatech.UUCP> Date: Sat, 17-Mar-84 01:14:36 EST Article-I.D.: gatech.4870 Posted: Sat Mar 17 01:14:36 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Mar-84 07:26:56 EST Organization: The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech Lines: 39 , Gee, I've been gone for a week and on my return find only 7 articles in this group. It's time to stir up a new topic. Therefore: Well, spring has arrived here. The daffodils are in bloom, the trees are all in bud, the temperature is in the 70s, the dogwoods are about ready to do their thing and the fruit trees are in bloom. (If you're still under a few feet of snow, my condolences.) I'm curious about people's views on spring fever. Does it affect you? If so, how does it affect you? Does being involved in your work or a relationship make you less likely to contract spring fever? How can you overcome this rather interesting malady? Other comments? I've noticed a definite change in my attitude and behavior around this time of year, all the more noticeable because February and March are usually very bad months for me. (That's perhaps a companion question: are those bad months for everyone else? All my major romances have ended between Feb 20 and March 30. Deaths of friends and family seem to be more frequent in February and March. Many other personal disasters also have happened in this time period.) Spring results in my attention span tending to get very short. I find it difficult to get motivated for much of anything that requires thought. I get increasingly frustrated with my life situation. Two years ago, when I was heavily involved in a romantic situation, I was not bothered by the usual form of spring fever. Of course, what I had then was perhaps just a season-independent form of the fever. Last year, I found that a combination of dealing with the breakup of said relationship and the use of pain pills for a knee problem effectively removed the arrival of spring from my consciousness. This year, I have neither the opportunity nor the time for either of those methods. Instead, I need to focus on my thesis. I need something to inoculate me to the fever. Any suggestions? -- Off the Wall of Gene Spafford The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 CSNet: Spaf @ GATech ARPA: Spaf.GATech @ CSNet-Relay uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,rlgvax,sb1,unmvax,ulysses,ut-sally}!gatech!spaf