in like a lion?

It is 75 degrees and sunny and absolutely gorgeous today. Is this really the same campus that less than a month ago was covered in nearly a foot of snow? I find myself wondering, lol. Its just so hard to believe. Spring is by far my favorite season of the year. Things are warming up, but the cold wasn’t that long ago, so you can fully appreciate and bask in the sun and the warmth. A lot of people like summer, and I do too, but I think sometimes that its far enough from winter to, on those really really warm days, make you wish for winter. I never wish for winter when it’s spring. In fact I am rather glad winter is over when its spring.

Except this is March, which is a fickle month. I’m certain it was exactly a week ago that I found it so cold as to not even want to leave my room long enough to go to the grocery store. Yes, it was a week ago, I remember, because I went to the gym to go swimming that evening, and on my walk home I thought, “well that was a stupid idea.” lol The ten-day forecast tells me that tomorrow will be at least ten degrees cooler, and by Wednesday it will be in the mid-forties again. But such is March.

Ah and as I sit on the grassy “beach” I feel a breeze… (gotta love wireless technology) just cool enough to remind me that winter wasn’t that long ago, and could return with a vengeance at any time. But who wants to think about winter when it’s warm enough outside that you don’t even need a sweatshirt? You don’t even need long sleeves. You barely need long pants.

Why can’t all days be like this? On days like this, I seem to forget, even for a little while, all my troubles. On days like this, I can’t help but be happy. On days like this, I almost forget why it was that only days ago I cried myself to sleep.

On days like this, even just for an instant, everything is perfect.

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