An Open Letter to Spring 2014

Dear Spring, I hope you are doing well and are busy ushering in warm weather elsewhere.  As for me I am cold and getting very tired of this long wet winter.  Once again this weekend it got down to near zero degrees where I live and we received about a quarter inch of ice and three quarters inch of snow.  The TV talking heads tried to tell us we would get nine inches of snow but we all know they are morons.  But, alas, I digress.

Spring, wherever you are could you please hurry?  My front yard is starting to look like the frozen Tundra of the great White North.  And I have no idea how deep the frost line is now.

You are not officially supposed to arrive until March 21st which is like three weeks away.  But, I and several million others in the area would be overjoyed if you decided to arrive early and stay for quite some time.  Thank you and I really hope to see you very soon.

One Cold Midwesterner

P.S.  When Summer tries to arrive please don't feel obligated to leave.  And please do not feel intimidated by that hot headed season.  Every year summer tries to intrude on your wonderful season by wanting to go to 90 degrees in May.  But, let me assure you, everyone here likes you just fine and wants you here for as long as possible.

Its Still Cold Here

The Beatles sang "Little Darling, its been a long cold lonely winter" in their classic "Here Comes the Sun". It hasn't been lonely but it sure has been a long cold weather.  I know, I know, everyone has been suffering from the extended sub-freezing temperatures.

Last week the temperature got up to 70 degrees once and 60 on two other occasions.  And it faked me out.  I thought just maybe we would finally get past the sub freezing and single digit temperature readings. But, wow was I wrong.  This week it is again below freezing and it's not supposed to warm up above freezing until early next week.  And then there's the chance of snow and freezing rain that making driving to and home from work so much fun.  Temperatures here are supposed to be about 15-20 degrees warmer than this at the end of February.

I'm sure I'm not the only one saying this but I am sooo ready for Spring.