Growing up in California's Bay Area, we didn't often get anything like cabin fever. The temps were mild and steady, there wasn't snow or excessive heat. It was a good place to grow up.
I moved away in 1998 to Ohio. I arrived on Thanksgiving weekend. Our first snow was the week between Christmas and new year's. I was stuck indoors with six kids - talk about cabin fever! Summers were the same, lots of cabin fever due to heat and humidity.
After living in the Valley of the Sun for 16 years now, I have adjusted to the fact that our summers are like Ohio winters. We huddle in our homes with the AC running and look forward to September 15, when the heat finally tapers off. Usually.
When you work every day, you don't get so much cabin fever. Now that I'm not working, I can see that I will need to find something to get me out. I think my Silver Sneakers will get me to a gym, something to do each day.
Funny how with one change, there's a whole ripple effect - sometimes they're not always obvious until you're in it.
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