It's spring
Well, maybe not according to the calendar, but taking whiff of the air outside you'd certainly expect it to be. It's in the 50s today -- today and yesterday were the first days in this temperature range since last October -- and it's sunny and beautiful, and I wish desperately that I wasn't trapped in my rabbit warren of an office right now.
Birds are chirping, the snow is almost gone, spring bulbs are pushing fresh shoots up through the loam, and we even have a few windows open to let the fresh air in. Please, nature, give us a break and cut this arctic air/heavy snow thing out for the rest of the winter.