Oh my god can it just stop snowing alreast! I’m tired, so very tired of shoveling snow, and breaking up ice, and having to go back days later to continue to pare down snow banks, and widen paths, and widen the end of my driveway. I hate this white devil substance so much right now. Just go away, but not too fast where everything floods, but at a reasonable rate where it’s manageable. I would very much so like to see green grass again, and be outdoors without a fear of frostbite, or lost toes, and stuck together nostrils.
March first is here! Bully-bully for us all. With any luck the worst of winter is behind us, even if we still have three weeks of winter’s death throes before us until the official kick off of spring. Not that the sunshine automatically kicks in at 12:01am on the first day of a new season, but let us pray it doesn’t let the cold weather linger about too long after. Not that I’m in a race to start mowing my lawn, but I could do with some much needed fresh air, trees with leaves, and soft grass underfoot.
We have the crazy weather of April & May to look forward to. When it’s so cold in the mornings, and swelteringly hot in the afternoons. How do you dress for such a wide variance in temperatures? By living dangerously — that’s how! Commit to the heat, it stays cold. Gove favour to the cold, congrats it’s boiling hot now. Plan for rain, it’s drier than a dog fart. Plan for a scorcher, it’s both rainy and windy. It’s a crap shoot each and every time you go outside. May is also when we expect a reoccurrence of that surprise Jericho that destroyed a good chunk of the farm infrastructure. Gotta be prepared now. For anything!
I for one look forward to throwing a ball around and playing catch with my kids. Or ball hockey in the driveway. Or bouncing basketballs. Or bumping & volleying together. Or taking up running once more in preparation for track & field. I have last years 200 m run times logged on my phone. So I know where we were last spring. A benchmark to beat to know we are getting better, and not worse, nor stagnating in place. Nice. I’d like to get a round of golf in this year. Or, hit the driving range a few times, that’s a fantastic second option as far as I’m concerned. I wouldn’t say no to a batting cage run either. Can’t remember the last time I actually swung a bat.
In a few short weeks I can bust out my longboard skateboard and do a few laps of the street for a short tour, just for fun. I have my helmet ready to rock & roll. I wonder if I should also pepper in some knee and elbow pads just because I’m a bit of a klutz. Better safe than a skinned knee. Ha.
Happy saturday to you all. May the snow leave by a reasonable date! Amen.
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