This week, I witnessed some signs of spring: the song of the robin during my morning walk with the dog; high school kids waiting at the bus stop on a 40° day, wearing shorts; car windows cracked on a number of cars.
But then today, when doing laundry, I realized I have unique signs of spring in my life. There's a certain smell in the backyard, despite being diligent in cleaning up after the dog all winter. There's the bike grease in the cracks of my fingers and on the edges of my fingernails. There's the first commute in to work and finding the usually grungy shower in a particularly gross state. There's the great variability in daytime temps, requiring creativity and layers when commuting. And, most obvious to me today, there's the need to spray the armpits of my dirty biking shirts with OxyClean to get my stink out. Perhaps that is TMI. But it definitely means that biking season - spring, the time of much energy and the time of the Zodiac sign of Aries - is upon us!
As I kick off spring, I'm celebrating a most thoughtful and funny gift from my brother-in-law, who knows I love Mojos and that the Mountain Mix can no longer be found in MN. This frees me up a bit from having to maintain my recent level of hoarding.
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