I hate November

[swamp]

It's cold, rainy, and windy.   It gets dark too early, and it keeps getting darker earlier and earlier.  You can't do summer fun stuff, and you can't do the winter stuff yet either.   

If it wasn't for Thanksgiving, I vote we do away with November.  

[Cookies Galore]

It's 50 and sunny here! November is the last month of having a life until holiday gatherings take over through January.

[busymom]

I wish people could hibernate.  Just sleep, or curl up with a good book, until Spring returns. The problem is, around here we'd be losing 5 months off the calendar...

[thyme4change]

It is 90 f*%cking degrees here. (Okay in the last week it cooled down to the high 80s.)

I could get rid of August.

[Deleted]

I like November because it has two holidays.  We got off Veterans Day and then a week for Thanksgiving.  I remember only getting Thursday and Friday as a child, but that's when school started after Labor Day.  Teachers started August 3 this year.

I hate January because it is dark and cold even in Alabama.  It has 31 days so it takes forever to get paid if you only get paid once a month.  It's just a downer.

And that's true even though my birthday is in January!

[pooks]

I don't mind November.  Early Nov. is still very fallish, with the leaves changing and all the fall decor and colors.  We start making cocoa and soup.  It is the beginning of the Christmas season.  It isn't unbearably cold yet.  And Thanksgiving.  

Now February, I could do without.  It is too cold.  All the fun stuff of winter is over.  And I am just ready for spring.  And Valentines day is the worst holiday of the year.  

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Nov 26, 2017 15:44:49 GMT -5 @bamafan1954 said:

I like November because it has two holidays.  We got off Veterans Day and then a week for Thanksgiving.  I remember only getting Thursday and Friday as a child, but that's when school started after Labor Day.  Teachers started August 3 this year.

I hate January because it is dark and cold even in Alabama.  It has 31 days so it takes forever to get paid if you only get paid once a month.  It's just a downer.

And that's true even though my birthday is in January!

I'm with you on January.

[chapeau]

Nov 26, 2017 15:44:49 GMT -5 @bamafan1954 said:

I like November because it has two holidays.  We got off Veterans Day and then a week for Thanksgiving.  I remember only getting Thursday and Friday as a child, but that's when school started after Labor Day.  Teachers started August 3 this year.

I hate January because it is dark and cold even in Alabama.  It has 31 days so it takes forever to get paid if you only get paid once a month.  It's just a downer.

And that's true even though my birthday is in January!

And I love the extra days off, as well. In my current job, I get Election Day off, too, so I end up getting more paid holidays in November than I do in December.
And it doesn’t hurt that my birthday is in November, too

[milee]

Veto.  October and November are gorgeous here, but most tourists haven't yet discovered that and the snowbirds haven't come back in force yet.  I LOVE these two months.  

[msventoux]

There’s snow here and it’s below 0. Get rid of November-March. I just want to hibernate and sleep until I can see daylight during the day without having to make sure I leave work for lunch. I hate going to work in the dark, getting home in the dark, and being stuck in an office during the few daylight hours.

[Artemis Windsong]

Our weather is very mild for November.  Last Monday the temp suddenly dropped with heavy wind blowing dirt.  Nearly everyone I know had severe allergy for several days to the dust.  Mine turning into a head cold.

[CCL]

Nov 26, 2017 16:45:19 GMT -5 msventoux said:

There’s snow here and it’s below 0. Get rid of November-March. I just want to hibernate and sleep until I can see daylight during the day without having to make sure I leave work for lunch. I hate going to work in the dark, getting home in the dark, and being stuck in an office during the few daylight hours.

You poor thing. Where in the world do you live? I'd be dying.

[Deleted]

I'm ok with November.  January sucks ass though. 

[TheOtherMe]

Nov 26, 2017 18:29:31 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

I'm ok with November.  January sucks ass though. 

Living in the state to your south, I agree.

[Rukh O'Rorke]

Loving November! Sad to see it go.....

nice crisp weather, had fun with DS corralling the leaves today and then put together a casserole for dinner that we just didn't have time/room for on thxgvg. our vegan GF version of grannies mac and cheese casserole ala 1950's-60s. 

dinner in.... about 30 minutes....then a nice relaxing evening.....and then work tomorrow. 

[Rukh O'Rorke]

the only problem with january is having to leave the house  

Going to do a lot of working from home jan-feb in 18 when weather is fiercer than enjoyable.

[Lizard Queen]

Ugh, November is usually the worst.  Today, though, the weather was not too bad--near 50, sunny, and not too windy.  Sometimes, I don't mind global warming so much. 

[Rob Base 2.0]

[Jaguar]

January is my absolute worse month, I have to make my monthly budget last an extra 10 days, it's the freaking worst.

[sesfw]

Az had the warmest November in years ........ mid to high 80s

Next weekend they are predicting rain ......... 

June-July are the miserable months here, but I find fascinating things about all months.

[Deleted]

The early darkness is really getting to me this year- not sure why.  DH died last year on November 15 and I don't remember noticing it then.   I really feel it at dinner time, when it's dark outside all around me and I keep lights on even in rooms I'm not in to brighten things up.  At least I can see my neighbors' Christmas lights. 

My Dad always said December 21 was the best day of the year because then the days started getting longer again.  I'm looking forward to that.

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Nov 27, 2017 10:09:52 GMT -5 @athena53 said:

The early darkness is really getting to me this year- not sure why.  DH died last year on November 15 and I don't remember noticing it then.   I really feel it at dinner time, when it's dark outside all around me and I keep lights on even in rooms I'm not in to brighten things up.  At least I can see my neighbors' Christmas lights. 

My Dad always said December 21 was the best day of the year because then the days started getting longer again.  I'm looking forward to that.

Yep!  I was just telling the kids this morning.  Only 3 weeks and 1 days until we hit rock bottom!  

The dark is the worst for me too.  Even more than the cold.  I go to the work in the dark and come home in the dark.  It's depressing.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

I hate January and February. DH gets depressed after flaking on yet another grand resolution, the kids are stir crazy and work slows down to a crawl  leaving me scrambling to figure out shit to put down on my productivity sheet so I can justify my existence.

It's nasty cold bitter weather that time of year.  The extra sun seems like a cruel joke.
 
All the negtivity gets me questioning my life choices and debating if it's worth going to jail for murdering either my family or coworkers.

[Rukh O'Rorke]

Nov 27, 2017 10:20:39 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

Nov 27, 2017 10:09:52 GMT -5 @athena53 said:

The early darkness is really getting to me this year- not sure why.  DH died last year on November 15 and I don't remember noticing it then.   I really feel it at dinner time, when it's dark outside all around me and I keep lights on even in rooms I'm not in to brighten things up.  At least I can see my neighbors' Christmas lights. 

My Dad always said December 21 was the best day of the year because then the days started getting longer again.  I'm looking forward to that.

Yep!  I was just telling the kids this morning.  Only 3 weeks and 1 days until we hit rock bottom!  

The dark is the worst for me too.  Even more than the cold.  I go to the work in the dark and come home in the dark.  It's depressing.

the days are short in n. illinois.....i can't imagine how short they get in minnesota.

never bothered me when young (prekids) cuz I would just cuddle up napping and reading. I could sleep 12 hours routinely in the winter, people were always joking about my hibernating.

When you have no control on your sleeping....it is tougher.

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Nov 27, 2017 12:38:55 GMT -5 Rukh O'Rorke said:

the days are short in n. illinois.....i can't imagine how short they get in minnesota.

We're about a half hour less daylight than Chicago.  I'm thinking it doesn't really matter to me because again, I get to work before sunrise and leave after sunset, so it can be black all day and I wouldn't know.  LOL  I guess weekends...

[Lizard Queen]

The darkness isn't so bad with snow cover and moonlight, but we're not even close to that yet. Tomorrow is supposed to be the last yard waste pickup day, and the oak trees are still full of leaves.

[Rukh O'Rorke]

A super pleasant day today. Walked to train at high noon. Bright, sunny, about 60 degrees...

Not your grandmas November!!

[Cookies Galore]

I guess I'm grateful my work hours are 7:30 - 3:30. I can watch the sunrise on the train and the sun is still out when i leave.

Now March, there's a lame month! By that point you're desperate for some warm weather after January and February, but it's such a wild card. You think spring is coming and then BLAM! - a snowstorm.

I planned my hip surgery for this past February thinking that was the perfect month to stay home. Nope, it was unseasonably warm and sunny. Day i was set to return to the office in March we got a snowstorm. Meh.

[MJ2.0]

I was born in November so I have to like it at least a little bit.

I'm with getting rid of January and/or March.

[Bonny]

Nov 26, 2017 15:33:53 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

It is 90 f*%cking degrees here. (Okay in the last week it cooled down to the high 80s.)

I could get rid of August.

We're in the So. CA mountains for two weeks and T Day was 75 degrees. I had to buy short sleeve blouses at the local thrift store because I only brought long sleeve turtlenecks.

Last week LA County was in the 90s. We had so many people in town trying to escape the hot weather. I bet Palm Springs was pushing 100 degrees.

My least favorite month in the greater Phoenix area was actually July. I hated the build up of the Monsoon. Once the rains started it wasn't so bad. I made sure the leases in San Diego County terminated June 30th so I had a tax deductible trip to the beach.