Musings On Spring, Warmer Weather, and Things to Come

Ah yes!

Spring arrived last week. And for that I am extremely grateful. It's always a nice thing when there is no longer that threat of snow hanging over our heads like the swords of Damocles.

However, I am still hesitant to pack away my winter boots. After all, it's still March, and we have been known to have snow even in April, albeit its rarity.

But it's still not unheard of.

Take Lubbock, for example.

All of this week and last week, Lubbock has been arousing my envy in its enjoyment of temperatures in the 70s and 80s. And yet this morning, Lubbock experienced a snow storm. This is an area in the significantly lower latitudes, mind you. It's a good thing that Neil had not yet put away his snow scraper.

For once, it's far warmer here than it's in Lubbock. At this current moment, the temperature is 57 degrees here while Lubbock is shivering at 31 degrees. (However, temps are expected to reach the low 70s by Sunday.)

Still, I am grateful for the warmer weather here. The are signs of stirring new life everywhere.

In the meantime, there has been no progress on the sale of the house, which has been pretty much ham-strung and stalled by this lousy economy. (For some reason, this area of New England always takes the hardest hit and is the slowest in the nation to experience a recovery.)

Today I met with MaryBeth, my real estate agent, and we had to agree that another price reduction was in store.

Anyhow, we're pretty much stuck in this area until the end of April/beginning of May, which is when Ariana is scheduled to testify as a witness at an up-coming trial.

Hopefully after her testimony, the stars will be in our favor, and we will be able to hit the road. I really hate the notion of having to spend all of summer here when there's a whole new place to just waiting to be explored.

And besides, all of my summer clothes are packed. If we were to spend the summer here, it would not be a simple matter of just unpacking the clothes. You see, I have also used those same clothes as packing material in order to economize on space.

In the meantime, I decided that our road trip is going to be a straight forward drive with no side trips alone the way. That means that there will be no stop at the Kangaroo Conservation Center in Georgia for me, and no stop in Dallas for Ariana to see a friend.

With us renting an RV, those extra trips will wind up costing us more in both rental fees and gas. And right now, especially with the fast sale of this house hinging on a miracle of Biblical proportions, recreational spending would not be a wise idea.

As for that matter, would we really want to be on the road all that long? It's a long drive from here to Texas. And while Ariana and I have no problems getting along, would we be able to maintain our sanity having Jeremiah with us, close quarters, for all those days on the road?

He and Neil may have had the classic male bonding experience while on the road, but Jeremiah tends to be a lot more unrestrained and stubborn around Ariana and me.

Oh well, we'll deal with that when the time comes.

For the time being, all I hope and plan to do is to enjoy this warmer weather and the reawakening of Spring.