this morning, i woke up and something was wrong. it could have been the fact that i was inexplicably up very early. it could have been the fact that i somehow managed to pull my back, and cannot bend more than 20 degrees. it could have been knowing that i would spend most of the day preparing a lesson that would make me ill to present.
but no. it was something much bigger. something i couldn’t put my finger on. it is a beautiful day, and aside from the minor exceptions noted above, i have not a care in the world. life is good. so what was wrong?
i took a lesson break and was perusing through some of corey’s pics from his holiday in utah, and it hit me. it was seeing that first picture with snow in it that made me realize--it’s january 6 and it’s 70 degrees. there is something wrong about that.
don’t get me wrong, i love warm weather. i love wearing flip-flops and shorts and t-shirts. i love everything that warm weather usually implies. but more than i love warm weather, i love the seasons. all four of them. it is one of the advantages to living here is that you actually get all four of them. and they are pretty evenly spread out. by the time each season winds down, i find myself excited for the next one. and there is a part of me that feels like i’ve been waiting. and waiting. and waiting. (story of my life, right?)
it’s not as though i relish the idea of bitter cold mornings, wearing four layers, fingers you can’t feel, and breath you can see. but then again, maybe i do. i love curling up in front of the fire, and hot cocoa, and taking the dog out in the morning when the noise of the world seems muted with a blanket of white.
normally, my quick lunch escape today would have put a smile on my face. seeing all the people walking their dogs, and topless jeeps and convertibles, and children on bicycles and skateboards would have yielded a simple perfect pleasure. but not today. today i longed to see people shoveling snow off their driveways and throwing snowballs, and it just was not meant to be.
i know that winter will eventually come. and when it does, i will likely yearn for days like today. but for now, enough is enough!
3 comments:
This is a complaint for global warming....not the weatherman!
For the sake of us all I hope winter comes as well.:)
When you've been cooped up in a house with 2 little boys you bless days like this.
On the other hand snow would get them out of the house as well.
The rule should be, "If winter winds blow there should be snow."
Or something entirely too clever for me to think up.
kelly--i meant the weatherman 'upstairs'!
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