1 post tagged “spring”
This morning, I don't go to work until 10. But, of course, I still woke up at the same old time. The good news is that led me to remembering that the rent was due pretty much last night by midnight. So I scrambled out of bed, dragged on some clothes, wrote the check, and ran down to the office to drop it off. It's mildly warm outside (at least, for someone coming out of the chill of winter), and I heard one or two birds chirping even before I went out. As I was walking back home, though, I realized...there are a lot of birds chirping. Including three big fat robins who just happen to be hanging out in my yard/tree, not to mention the bluejay and mourning dove that I saw. And all the other ones I could hear but not see.
I think it's safe to say that the weather's finally getting better for real. With winter, it jagged between cold and warm enough on so many days that it wasn't until January that we really got some bad weather, and I was afraid we were going to do the same in the transition to spring. And of course, it is kind of silly to automatically assume that robins = no more snow (I probably shouldn't add that the groundhog didn't see his shadow this year, either!), but I'm always an optimist when it comes to these things, and start looking forward to the day I can wear my light jacket instead of my winter one, and eventually, no jacket at all. And nothing, to me, makes that promise of better weather than a bunch of robins hopping around outside and making all kinds of noise as I'm getting ready in the morning.
Also, it's March First. So as far as all that lion/lamb business, I'm not sure what to say. It's quite lamb-like here at the moment, sure, but by the end of the day we're supposed to be having thunderstorms. Does that mean that our "lion" quotient is thus satisfied and by the end of the month, we'll be peacefully enjoying our newer, shinier, warmer weather? One can only hope.
Today I work a previously-unscheduled short shift because one of my co-workers called off yesterday and I made some offhand comment about how I would have come in if I wasn't already working. Somehow this led to me coming in today, which, money-wise is great. Hours have sucked lately and I'm always desperate to get more this time of year. And it is the first, which means I'll get my 30% discount today instead of the regular 20, and I did have a couple of things I wanted to get. It means that, since I'm working tomorrow, the dishes and housecleaning stuff won't get done until Saturday, but I suppose I can deal with that.
The sun's coming in the living room window, which is making it somewhat difficult to see, but I wanted to open the blinds so that the cat could enjoy the birds that I know she could hear out there. So maybe I'll get off of here and watch some TV or make some breakfast or something. I really am such a morning person, and this kind of morning is one of the best.
