Saturday, March 23, 2013

Spring Ache

When I got home yesterday, I wished the girls a happy spring break. Of course I'll be here for most of it but I just kind of wanted to mention the fact that they had nine days ahead of them during which they'd not have school, homework, studying, etc.

Olivia immediately followed my comment with, "Can we go swimming tomorrow?"

Poor kid. When you're six, if you're lucky you remember the previous spring and summer that feels so very far away from this long, cold winter. And Olivia does remember last spring. The spring before that? Not so much. But last spring is burned into her mind as a warm one.

March 2012 was unseasonably warm. We had more days in the 70s than we did in the 40s that month. We were swimming by the end of May.

Olivia equates spring with swimming and so she wanted to know if we'd be swimming today.

We aren't. It's sunny yes, but the temps are firmly in the 40s. Swimming might not happen until late June at this point.

Ah well, each year brings something new, something exciting. Makes things interesting, wouldn't you say?

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