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 (duh) blueberries, what does one wear for an “Ide”?
I'm going for black. I'm assuming
Julius Caesar would agree.
And yes, I do need to 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 Friday and I have to get
everything around here ready for the weekend. 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 warm &
wet and now cold & icy weather 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'm enjoying 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 what I'm sure will be
a chilly & slippery walk tonight. 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 daylight 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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