Although those days may be long sometimes, there are a few little things that you can do to keep your day to day life interesting. Smashing Magazine publishes monthly desktop backgrounds that you can download depending on your personal preference.
There is an option to have a calendar built into the background or you can just use the image. Some are holiday themed, while others use the natural aspect of design. Take a look for yourself. There are so many that you could change your desktop background each week if you wanted to!
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/10/31/desktop-wallpaper-calendar-november-2009/
This is my desktop background this week!
