Coming out the other side

I wore my spring coat today.  It was -8 standing out at the bus stop this morning, but I didn't care.  It's lime green and it makes me feel happy!

The sun is getting stronger, the days are getting longer.  It's already light out when I leave for work, and it's still light out when I leave.  The long-range forecast no longer has any minus double digits - in fact, there's more than a few numbers on the plus side.  There's still mountains of snow, but you can feel things starting to turn.  It's something in the air.  When you have a mild spell in January, it's not the same.  Now you can smell the spring, smell the earth, smell the green-ness. 

We're comin' out the other side, folks.