I enter a state of brumation quite regularly

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Have you heard of brumation? Thanks to myLotter, Yuki (@yukimori), and her post about the superb owl, I can now say I have. Perhaps you know the word but I certainly didn't. You can read Yuki's discussion here if you missed it: https://www.mylot.com/post/3429038/we-watched-the-superb-owl-for-a-bit-yesterday. She said the lizards there are ‘brumating’. I’d never heard of this but, on looking up the definition, I think it fits me to a T. The Merrian-Webster definition is: a state or condition of sluggishness, inactivity, or torpor exhibited by reptiles (such as snakes or lizards) during winter or extended periods of low temperature. I’m not a reptile but the condition of sluggishness, inactivity and/or torpor certainly applies to me quite often. When Vince was looking for a new career, we saw an advertisement for a bursar. We had never heard of a bursar so I looked it up in the dictionary and came to ‘bursa’ which said it was a fluid-filled sac which sometimes becomes angry and inflamed. We both agreed he fitted all those categories. Of course, a ‘bursa–with-an-r’ – bursar - is a business manager Is there a particular word that you associate with? Brumation, hibernation, something else? Photo is of us at our first cabaret – probably some 50+ years ago. Doesn’t time fly?