This month's highlights:
- 3-6-10: completion of our bathroom remodel!
- 3-8-10: two more months 'til James' (my hubby's) graduation!!
- 3-13-10: start seeds in greenhouses (6-8 weeks until last frost)
- 3-14-10: daylight savings (yea for longer days!!)
- 3-19-10: my half birthday (6 more months and I am 27!?)
- 3-20-10: the first day of spring!!! (thank goodness!)
As you can probably pick up on, I am very excited about spring! After all, I did grow up in Southern California where there is a lack of seasons. So, spring and fall are particularly exciting for me. I am looking forward to warmer days (even 45 feels good right now!); longer days and later sunsets; the first spring flowers-- daffodils, hyacinth, tulips, forsythia; green sprouts of grass and new buds on trees; right now even spring cleaning sounds good! I just really want to get outside and not have to bundle up! Yea to light sweaters instead of coats, hats, and gloves! Yea to bike rides with the boys! Yea to planting my garden and working the soil! Yea to garage sales and car shows! Yea to open windows and fresh air! Yea to the end of the perpetual dry skin of winter!
I just love the fresh optimism of the spring and how you get that feeling of starting new. It's like anything is possible. Perhaps, we should save our "New Years" resolutions for the spring, because the middle of winter really is an awful time to try to keep any promises to yourself! Like how are you really expected to get into the gym when it's 15 degrees outside and blowing snow like crazy!? All I really want to do when it is bitter cold is to hide under blanket and read a book on my sofa or perhaps catch up on my shows or watch a movie. Most of those activities are the antithesis of my resolution. That is why I propose we change things and save our resolutions for a better time like March 20th!
My unofficial resolution this year was to go to the gym more (instead of the once a week routine I have been doing for the past 2 years). I have been intermittently successful with that. For the past two weeks plus, I have been on a total hiatus due to the bathroom remodel, but I do intend to get back there once I finish up that project. But, now that spring is approaching, I feel like I can definitely achieve that goal.
My goal is a sort of loose outline that I am not too strict on myself if I don't adhere to. Some reasons that are acceptable for not going to the gym are: renovation activities (these are labor intensive anyhow), outings with the family (pushing a stroller or running after kids also counts), after work events or professional meetings (usually these involve calories, but are good for professional development).
Anyhow, this post turned into sort of a rambling one, but in summary, I am very excited about the spring and the endless opportunities which it brings!
