March 30, 2009

  • s.o.s. (signs of spring)

    i know the weather affects people, and i know it affects me, but it's rather insane how much i feel influenced by the spins of the earth.  during those fabled months when the earth leans back from the sun, and we enter the cold dark of winter, i literally fall asleep.  i work on auto-save mode, managing to tweak out enough energy to do just what i need to and then retreat into hibernation.  but when the earth begins its gradual bow back to the sun, bursts of energy "spring" out of nowhere.  my mind starts to bustle with new ideas.  i switch from wearing gray, grey, and grays to color, colour and colors!  an old familiar smile begins to crawl back into its old crevices on my face, and even my eyes seem to open wider.

    what is it about spring?

    and what is it about 2009?  i was recently told that i have a record year.  9 weddings in the first 9 months of the year.  but i'm still waiting for some more at the end of the year.  i am in two of those weddings.  and some weddings i have to miss because of inevitable overlap.  but wowsas!  people like getting married in 2009 - or at least my friends do.  by the end of september 2009, i will have attended 45 weddings in my lifetime.  (i really do have a tally i keep on a post-it note since college!)  but if there's something worth counting, weddings are definitely up there with money, sheep, and blessings.

    anyway, this was more of a pre-vernal outburst because it is cold and windy outside.  so please some soon, spring!  there are so many things i am looking forward to!