Summer time

Summer time is just around the corner and it is obvious in more ways than one.

I never really realized how many external stimulants can affect someone’s mood so much.  I always thought of myself as someone who did not let external things affect my internal mood.  I feel like I am someone that people can always count on to be in a good mood no matter what the situation.  I know that there are some people that are very much affected by their external environments.  Whether these external stimulants include weather or something that is going on in their daily life these things affect the mood that they are in.  As summer is nearing I can tell the moods of people around me are changing for the better and I LOVE it! Granted the weather has not been consistently nice yet, but it will soon enough and people know it!

I have known already from taking Anatomy and physiology that during the winter time your body secretes more melatonin, which is a hormone that increases sleeping.  This explains peoples increased sleeping habits during the winter time which I guess has a direct relationship to their mood.  In the summer less of this melatonin is secreted giving rise to not as much sleep being had by individuals.  All of this aside the warm weather, sunny skies, and good moods of others have really affected me.

First of all the sunny skies have made sitting down to study for school THAT much harder.  Even though I know I am THIS close to getting an A in one of my classes and just a little bit more work would put me over the edge for a guaranteed A I cannot seem to focus long enough to get my stuff finished. 

The warm weather has of course changed my wardrobe.  I love love LOVE wearing shorts and a t-shirt to class.  Most comfortable thing to wear!!!  It is just when I think I am comfortable in what I am wearing in class that I look out the window and see the beautiful day and it is at that time I sneak out of class and meet up with my friends….oops. 

Along with my changed wardrobe and decrease in my academic drive the increased happiness of people around me has done a lot.  It is always a downer to be around people that are in bad moods and constantly complaining.  Lately I have noticed how many more people are smiling across campus, opening doors for people, and being talkative. 

Maybe the reasons for these changes do not have anything to do with the weather.  Maybe it is just the pure excitement of being finished for the semester that has changed the moods, my attitude, but probably not my wardrobe.  My wardrobe has to be solely based on the weather.  Maybe just maybe it is a combination of both the sunny days and the ever nearing semester end.  Whatever the reason is I love it and I’ll take it!!