Spring...Please!

For those of you who live in the Northerly winter climate, you know how long the winters are. I have lived in this climate my entire life but...enough is enough. After a week of lovely sun and freezing temperatures, I woke this morning to 6 new inches of snow. Now, I like snow...but once again...enough is enough. I didn't even bother to shovel. I. Am. Done. I will shovel no more...after all there really is no point...the path just gets blown in or covered up...Enough is enough! So, this evening I was surprised to step outside and smell something I was sure would never come. You who live in the North can relate...you probably can already guess what that southerly breeze was hearkening to...that smell...that lovely wet smell of Spring! In my ecstatic state I drug another Grad Student outside with me...I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't delusional...and asked her what she smelled...she unfortunately likes snow and feels that the smell of it melting away isn't lovely...but what do I care? She agreed with me! SPRING! We tried to figure out just what that first hint of Spring smells like...the best I can come up with is...it smells like the trees are breathing...it's fresh...it's alive... it's SPRING!

Now watch it dump another six inches just to spite me...that would not be good...