looking for the bright side in a basement

First off, living in a basement sucks. I actually requested the basement bedroom before I got up here, having the choice. Being the naive Floridian I am, I thought it would be an adventure! I've always had fun in basements! You know, the three other times I've actually been in one. Grown up lesson #86, basements are fun to play in. Watching scary movies, shooting pool, mario kart racing tournaments, far too elaborate lego structures. These are all things basements are good for. Basements are not fun to live in. They are dark. They are cold. They are damp. They are, depressing. Concrete floors and one window big enough only for a small child to fit through, is not how I pictured my life a couple months ago. I feel like a stowaway, a disfigured step child, an Anne Frank... Okay, too far. It does get to you, though, if you let it. And admittedly, I did. I realize that now and am doing what I can to fight it. But it's easy to let the small things bring you down when you're living under a house.