He has to go

That's all I've got to say about that.

Modern Signs of Spring

Back in the day people measured the coming of spring by such things as when the crocus blossoms, when the robins return, when buds appear on trees and when a young man's "fancy" turns to love. Frankly I have no idea what a crocus looks like, I don't have time to squint at every bird I see to determine if it's a robin and in my experience a young man's fancy is rarely swayed from "love." Here then are some modern signs of spring:

1. the start of baseball spring training
2. street sweepers cleaning up the winter's leftover mess
3. the arrival of Shamrock shakes at McDonald's
4. Easter dresses on sale
5. Peeps in the grocery store
6. cars lined up at the airport post office to drop off their tax return

Of course this all culminates in "Leaf Day" - the day my father says all the leaves are out on the trees and it looks like summer. Which is approximately May 10th from our observations over the years. I swear I used to have more of these but I can't think of them anymore. Let me know if you can think of others.

Likes

The dislike list came out a while ago. Here are some likes:

1. Sunflowers
2. Feeling fancy
3. Feeling pretty
4. Shopping
5. Coffee
6. Tea
7. Being a mom
8. Being in my 30s
9. Old movies
10. People with common sense
11. People who understand sarcasm
12. Snow days
13. A clean kitchen
14. Family night
15. Snuggling with my kids
16. Feeling intelligent
17. Driving at night and singing with the girls
18. Reminiscing
19. Mocking stupidity (I know it's mean, but it's true!)
20. Going to the beach with my family
21. Vacations
22. Fall foliage
23. The West Wing
24. Matthew McConaughey
25. Breakfast foods
26. Christmas Eve driving home late at night when it feels magical
27. Reading
28. Being right
29. Clean sheets
30. The smell of Easter flowers (and I specifically mean tulips, hyacinths, etc. because other flower smells remind me of the funeral home and death)
31. Saturday afternoons
32. Pancakes and bagels and eggs and hashbrowns and muffins and breads and...oh yeah, see #25
33. Driving around with no particular place to go, just seeing the sights, sipping a latte and having a good conversation
34. dusk