Beware the Ides of March!
Sorry; I just always wanted to write
that and actually have it make sense. And since today IS the actual
“Ides”, I can now rest happy. I just need to figure out what
color to wear. After all, if tomorrow (St. Urho's Day) is purple,
Friday (St. Patrick's Day) is green, and yesterday (Pi Day) was the
color of whatever pie you last ate, what does one wear for an “Ide”?
I'm going for black. I'm assuming
Julius Caesar would agree.
And yes, I do know I need to
get a life. You don't need to remind me!
8-)
Today's gonna be one of those days, I
think. Maybe some of that is because it's ten days until I go to
Florida for a long weekend (and the extended forecast calls for temps in the 80s when I arrive). And maybe some of it is that fact that I
was woken up early this morning in perhaps the one way I don't mind
getting woken up early—by the chirping of birds. I don't know if
you've noticed it, especially with the snow & cold of the past
few weeks, but at least in my part of Marquette there's been an
increase in the number of song birds plying their trade during the
early morning hours. In fact, after being awoken early today, I went
running without my usual iPod, and was astounded by the amount of
bird chatter I heard all throughout my little jaunt (which included a
lot of downtown Marquette, believe it or not).
In fact, sometimes the birds were even
louder than the cars, muffler-less pickup trucks, and Marq-Tran buses
that usually interrupt whatever I'm listening to.
I also have to admit I like the fact
that evenings that are now longer, thanks to the time change last
weekend. Instead of walking home in the dark I get to walk home in
the light., and for some reason it just seems to make the three-block
jaunt a little easier, even through the aforementioned cold &
snow. It may just be a perceptual thing, but to me at least walking
home against a bitter north wind is slightly less cold with a little
sunshine hitting your face.
Not only that, but now that it's light
out when I walk home I can see the proto-buds on my favorite lilac
tree, and know that Spring will be here for real sooner rather that
later. And who doesn't want that?
Okay; seeing as how I've already
accomplished so much waking up a few minutes early I'll stop babbling
now, go find something black to wear, and get ready to head to work.
And with any luck, I won't run into anything (or anyone) I'll need to
“Beware” of today. Wish me luck!
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