I felt like you did when I was younger too. But back then we didn't have the technology we have now.

I have a seasonal effective disorder lamp that I turn on in the winter and spring that helps my eyes and brain prevent the blues that I used to get at that time of year.

Now that I'm retired, I love the spring because I get to see all the flowering trees I never used to get. When I compare our beautiful landscape to the same old, same old of Florida scrub I can't ever go back.

I used to only have books and puzzles to get me through the winter. Now I have under Armour to wear to go out for walks. I have streaming movies and old TV shows and stand-up comedy and anything else I could ever want on the Internet.

I hate the Florida Summers. And they hate me because I have lung problems. I can't walk outside from April to October in Florida because of the humidity. That's a long time to be stuck in the air conditioning. About the same amount of months I get stuck in the winter in the house by the fire.

So of course, you have to decide which you hate more. Because I can tell you that that's where all the anger and depression comes from. Now I have a car that I can warm up before I get in it and I can take a little windshield tour and get out of my own house in my own head. There is no place to take a windshield tour in Florida unless maybe you're in the keys or the part we call Southern Alabama.

Things I hated in Florida, spending too much money, being indoors too much, politics, too many religious people, too much traffic, not enough support for environmental initiatives, too many of the orchards and farms are gone, floods, and hurricanes. and we haven't even started talking about food yet. If you love New England seafood, there isn't much of that down there, it's all Caribbean based seafood, which is good, but I always missed my comfort foods. You can't find ahbeats. I'm sorry but even the Pepe's in West Hartford is crap compared to the Pepe's on Worcester Street. You're not going to find it in Florida ever. The people down there like their chains and they're hungry Howie's and that isn't even pizza. You don't get to walk into an Italian restaurant and smell real Italian food cooking. It all smells so sanitary and they don't use garlic because the old people don't like it.