Spring is Coming!

Wow, spring is really coming. We thought it would come faster, but it really has dragged in! Our yard had a mounting pile of snow about 7 feet tall at its tallest. Roofs were connected to the ground as it just kept coming down. But I can actually see a lot of grass around lately. It has even snowed this week a few times (yes, more than once!). I am looking forward to spring. Winter here was different for me as I've never seen this much snow, and I'm in a new place. It was exciting!! I wanted more and more! But after the first few warm sunny days I could really feel SPRING, and I had a hard time going back to the snowy, cloudy days that followed. Even the smell of spring was refreshing. Isn't it always?

I've started running again, casting all doubts aside. I long to actually run OUTSIDE, but until I find some other time to do it or Elise goes to school I have to run on my treadmill. I'm happiest to run when the sun shines through the windows. I have my own little room upstairs that I call my Reading, Writing, and Running room. I have a really nice desk, a table, a few chairs, a bookcase, boxes of books, and my trusty treadmill. It looks out on the park to the east of our home. In the spring and summer it is usually bustling with activities, especially on Saturdays. Soccer and football, baseball and horseback riding. There is a children's park with slides and swings too. Just last Monday, we couldn't see the grass, yet today as I look out, the grass has overpowered the snow FINALLY!

I love the sunshine. I don't know what I'd do without it. Actually, I do know what I'd do. I'd wither and die. Just like a plant. I NEED it. I think most people do.

Hopefully we as a family will be able to cash in on all the fun activities here this summer. Working the farmland, having a dog, soccer, softball, running, gardening. I'm looking forward to it all. It is my last summer at home with Elise before she is in school all day long. This comes to mind with joy and sorrow at the same time. I really love to be her mom, our mornings are usually casual and full of fun. But it will also be nice to get her out of the house at 8:30 and be able to relax a bit, or work more, or write more, or run more, or just sit around and be a vegetable!!

I'm not sure if anyone reads my blogspot. So if you do, email me and let me know. Otherwise, I'm going to continue blabbing on to myself!!

My ten year high school reunion is this summer. I found out and I'm not sure if I really want to go or not. It would be interesting to see where everyone has ended up, but there are still so many things about high school that I want to leave there. I'm not ashamed of anything in my life, but I also don't care to share it with some of them. I am afraid to feel hurt because I only have one child and otherwise am viewed as childless by heaven, which hurts me.

Well, my daughter needs me in her room. She has made something new. I imagine it is amazing!