Out of State Possibilities

I woke up this morning thinking, where are you spring? It has been a long winter so far. The snow has fallen in South Carolina and even though it only lasted a mere week and a half, it was ugly. Then I think of my friends up at the Manchester NH University and realize that I was lucky, we only got about seven inches of the white stuff, where you all got around two feet.  Yuk, but yuk in a good way.  The north knows how to clear the stuff from the roads and sidewalks, and work goes on as usual just like any other day.  Therefore, students could get to school for their evening college classes after work or on the weekend. What I have learned with this past snow storm is that I need to go buy a shovel.  No matter where I live, I may need it.  It was kind of sad that only one person in our neighborhood had one and we all borrowed it to shovel our way out.  I don't think we are too far away from spring, though. I just looked at my iris in the flower beds and they are starting to grow. The pussy-willow bush is getting buds and the birds are starting to come back to my kitchen window for some birdseed in the feeders.  But my wooden flowers seem to have survived the snow. They bring a smile to my face as I look out of my back door.

It is Saturday morning, I am getting ready to go into work, and the weather lady on the TV just said it is going up to 62 degrees today. No, it is not shorts weather yet, but I believe it is just around the corner. Sunshine, flowers, picnics, vacations and, yes, learning are all just around the corner.  Learning never stops no matter what the weather is.  So, to all of you doing on-line classes with distance learning universities, keep at it. It is so rewarding to have that degree under your belt.  Until I get myself back to school to earn my Masters degree, I will enjoy the place I am in my life. This morning, it is a day of work with the realization that spring is not too far away!!  Come on Sunshine...shine on South Carolina today!!