Nearly everyone in the Midwest (and in many parts beyond)
has been complaining about how this year’s winter seems to be lingering into
spring. That’s quite literal actually. The first day of spring this past Wednesday I
went out to run at 4 pm and it was a downright cold 21F – with a 6F wind
chill! Luckily the temperatures the last
two days have been in the mid 30s, finally melting some of the tall piles of
snow (like the one at the end of our front door’s sidewalk). The weather then looks like it will be doing
a slow crawl to more normal temperatures (the normal high is supposed to be
40F), reaching the mid 40s by next weekend.
While the temps are finally becoming more spring-like this
week, today I saw – or heard actually – what I’m calling the official start of
spring. GEESE! I don’t know what it is but geese always put
a smile on my face. It’s really just
that comical “HONK!” as the fly in their grouped V-shape across the sky. There were tons flying months ago in the fall
migration. My wife doesn’t get my
fascination with them, to the point of being irritated by it, always reminding
me that geese are mean birds up close.
Well, whatever. I never see them
up close anyway, only seeing them in the sky and hearing them “HONK!” as they
fly along. Maybe today they were saying
that spring is here. I’m not that well
versed in goose honk.
Hopefully spring is indeed here, if not only to run in
warmer temperatures and in less (or no) snow, but because I also do not want
anything more to do with long underwear, fleece tights, heavy wool socks, and
the like. It’s the lower layering for
the legs and just the overall thickness that’s starting to bother me. I want the extra freedom of shorts and maybe
just a single long sleeve layer up top.
Additionally, I just did a load of running laundry that included all the
thicker winter clothing. I don’t want to
have to wash it again until next winter!
Come on spring!
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