It's March 1st tomorrow and I can't count the reasons to be excited. Ok, maybe I can....
1. This month the musical will open at the jr high and it will be the end of an era.
2. Jan and Feb say Winter, but March says Spring
3. The light is coming soon....
4. On St. Patrick's day I'll get to watch Waking Ned Divine and eat green food.
5. I have so much going on at school this month, festivals and concerts and it will be done and April and May will be all about planting a garden and painting the house. YIPPEEEEEE!!!!
6. Probably someone will call this month and tell me how our family will be spending the summer. Probably.
7. Douglas's show will also be over... here's to more scheduled simplicity.
8. March 1st means that April 1st is next and that means.... ASILOMAR!
Ok, only 8 reasons, but they are all about anticipation and completion and SPRING! After denying the powerful effect that winter has on my psyche for the last 3 months, I can finally admit to how happy I'll soon be because it's spring. I opened a new bottle of dill today and squealed with joy because it smelled like dirt. I haven't planted a garden for two years because of our summer plans, but this year, I don't care. I'm planting - and will either go and leave it to struggle alone, or stay and serenely care for it. But I'm digging in the dirt for sure. Spring's not so lonely. People will want to be outside so much, that they'll cook out there even. And there's light. Light in the morning and light in the evening. Begging us to stay awake and get up and come and play. Orion will be lost to the western sky soon. He comes every winter to keep watch I think. If winter gets too wild one season I think he'll use that sword and tell winter what's what. But he moves, and the moving reminds me that time is surely passing. I remember watching Orion in the warm California evenings. I didn't realize then that it was Winter. Why don't I go someplace warm? Why do I stay where there are 3 months of certain emotional sleeping? Maybe it's for the dill. And Orion. So I can anticipate and wait and awake. Maybe I'll wake up for real someday and move to Arizona.
