Almost There

I was going to write a post lamenting about how long the winter has been, and if I see vomit one more time around this house, you'll see me buy a one way ticket to California.

Instead, I'll talk about the good.

Since we turned the clocks ahead an hour last week, there is glorious sunlight almost all the way up until 7pm. It's amazing what an effect it's had on our family. The kids are no longer grumbling about nothing to do between the time they get up from quiet time until we have supper. For some reason, with it being light out later, they seemed to find it easy to find things to play with while I'm food prepping (I'm totally jinxing myself right now). Speaking of food prep, I've almost been forgetting to prepare supper in a timely fashion because I'm not used to doing so when it's still light out!

The snow is melting. Little by little. Just when it seemed like it was going to be freezing cold and snowing forever, the pattern broke, long enough to give us hope that there is, indeed, a light at the end of the tunnel. That light involves all snow melting, and green taking over the grey. It means the sun feeling warmer on our faces day by day, and it means the wonderful realization that our winter coats are no longer suitable for the milder weather.

We're almost there. I can't wait to walk in the quarry again with the dogs, and walk in general. Outside. Explore the woods, go to parks, just be uninhibited by the weather in general.

How do I know we'll make it 'til then? We're already 2.5 months into 2015. If that's not proof of how quickly time is passing, I don't know what is. In the meantime, let's try to enjoy any goodness that March tries to throw our way. There is something good in every month. Maybe for March, it's the promise of a warmer tomorrow.