One Springy Dingy

Do you know what today was?  Today was the warmest day we have had since Christmas Eve.  Yes world – Christmas Eve!!  At least that is what my local weather forecaster told us.  It is March 11^th.

That is almost three months ago!  Wow.  And really, we are struggling to match a temperature that came at the end of December? 

It has been freezing or below for three months.  

Mostly below – because I used to think the months of January and February were cold.  The 20’s are usually average for those two months and for years I walked six blocks from the parking structure to the building I worked in and would always curse those twenty degree days.  Of course, I was also thankful to be in a structure – I never had to scrape snow or ice off my car – so bad/good – it all worked out – but man, brrrrr, that’s a long walk in the cold.

Hell, this year 20 was downright balmy.  And thank God I got rid of that six block walk!

 

It was so cold that when you walked outside and took a breath – something you don’t ever think about (until it is difficult), you gagged.  

It would instantly hit the back of your throat and you would gag, cough or choke.  I cannot ever remember this being a common thing.  It was awful, walk out the door – gag.  Drive in the car, forget it was choking cold out, get out of the car – gag.  Run into the store, run out of the store - forget again it was negative something or other, coughing fit.  Then finally you’d pull the scarf up over your face, because c’mon – ya gotta breath, right?

So Spring, yeah you Spring – last year we had 100+ inches of snow, this year it was negative more than it was positive – we’ve had a couple of rough winters here – do you think you could arrive on time this year?  

The calendar tells me you are nine days away – oh glorious Spring, please come and bring the crocuses, please.  And no April Fool snowstorms this year – ok?

Everybody – let’s all count down the nine days together – starting now – Nine, Eight….