Waiting

Spring holds half and half feelings, I am not a fan! The dog crap in the back yard gets soggy. The mud gets tracked everywhere. Bugs start to come out but there is no warmth. It just seems damp and dirty for weeks! The days that do seem warm, are just a tease. Too cold to swim, too muddy to hike, and not enough heat to sit outdoors.

When I was a kid, I loved it! Mud puddles really did look like chocolate milk, the kind you made with powder! There were two high rises on my way home from school. They were separated by a driveway. One really rainy week the manholes in front of each building were surrounded in the perfect combination of mud and water. I had white rubber boots and I remember sloshing in the first puddle, just enough to get my boots perfectly smeared in mud, but only enough to coat them, not overflow to the inside. Then I would continue up the road with a perfect chocolate coating to the second one. There was something satisfying about sloshing enough to make them beautiful again. My son was just telling me about this video game where you pressure wash stuff and how relaxing and satisfying it was, and I totally understand that! I wish I could explain it to my dad the day he parked between puddle one and two. Of course I got in trouble for having dirty boots and not caring for my things. Days of doing this, if he had of picked me up at school or after puddle two, he would of been none the wiser, and I would of been in the clear!

Spring does hold hope. It offers little glimpses of summer. To be honest it has days that offer rest and peace from winter. I guess I should really embrace the season, use it to get ready for the summer. Get all my inside stuff done, because I am never inside once summer arrives! I suppose I should get some spring cleaning done, well maybe after things dry up outside or when I can throw all the windows open! Oh look, it’s snowing…..