Entries tagged with springtime

I still haven't done our taxes. I should be super motivated to do it, as it involves getting money back (and who doesn't need money?), but I'm just not. Why, I don't know. Maybe I will do the federals online and then try to pay an H&R Block type place to do the state. It's the state that I hate doing.

Last year I did our state return on April 14th when I was overnight in the hospital. Good times.

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Also, I love love LOVE this "spring forward" business with the clocks but it does make toddler bedtime wonky. And really, toddler bedtime doesn't need to be any more wonky.

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Also also, Punk and I visited with

anitsirk and her kids last Friday, and it was the awesome awesome. Why don't I do this more often?

The weather today was absolutely amazing. I know that winter isn't over but sometimes I just like to get my hopes up. I left my coat in the office because it wasn't necessary in the almost 60° loveliness; the sunshine even made the dirty, downtrodden neighborhoods chipper. An inner-city groundhog ceremony, adorned and gilded teens occupied stoops up and down my travels. Tomorrow they'll be back inside, the forecasters say. A pity.

I know it's only February and I shouldn't dream of such pleasantries, but my mind drifts to subtle springtime, the smell of damp, fertile earth bursting with early flowers. Roads specked with dirt untouched by still-garaged street sweepers. Outdoor recesses. Baby birds in growing trees. Aaah, springtime in the city.

60° on February 16th. Global warming is a dangerous thought, but I have a terrible time being disappointed. A flaw, I'm sure, but I can deal with that.

Taxes

Global Warming