Monday, April 7, 2008

The power of cynical thinking

I have given up on thinking I can make spring happen by dressing for warmer weather.
I've moved on to thinking I can make spring happen by buying a grill and a hammock, maybe some patio furniture.
The fact that my first attempt at this required me to drive through snow and sleet to Ocean State Job Lots, where I did not, in fact, find a grill or hammock or patio furniture that I liked might not bode well.

5 comments:

  1. Neil always teases me for the fact that I bring out the flowery skirts and flip-flops in February in an effort to delude myself into believing it is spring. I say, what's wrong with that?! As long as you don't mind chilly ankles, that is.

    I hope you find a hammock, and a grill that you can turn on next to it to keep you warm until the actual Spring weather catches up with the Spring attitude ;-)

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  2. By the end of winter, I am usually so ready for spring that I start wearing spring clothes (albeit with coats sometimes). I am so desperate for showing some skin that I don't even care if I'm cold any more. It's irrelevant. I've moved on.

    I like Lisa's suggestion that you turn the grill on for warmth. That seems perfect! But keep yourself rare.

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  3. (trying to decide whether face-on-fire jokes have run their course)

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  4. Gosh, I miss those late winters in NH. How awful to have tulips already.

    There is some truth to that. Even after a quarter of a century of early springs following mild winters it doesn't feel right. I don't feel like I deserve spring yet. It hasn't been cold or long enough.

    Gotta go mow the lawn, now.

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  5. I made spring happen by buying a motorcycle.

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