Has anyone in the world seen Spring? You know it’s like ‘where in the world is Waldo?' Well ‘where in the world is Spring?’ Seriously, it has been a long winter in those territories where winter season just wrapped up. Well sort of wrapped up - why does Spring still feel so winter-like? This seems to be the case not only in the Northeast corridor of the U.S.A. where EndorphinGirl™ spends most of her time, but also in the MidAtlantic corridor, the Midwest corridor, the Southern corridor and even many of the European corridors!
Clearly it is time to not only think Spring but to also feel Spring. It is so in the air. It has just not entirely burst through the winter ozone. Not YET. And as our good friend Merriam (as in the Merriam-Webster dictionary family) states, spring is “an early or flourishing stage of development”. While pages on the calendar suggest we have entered Spring terrain, Spring has not yet met its full potential. But we are getting close.
Since Spring’s official start last week, there has been some continued winter-ozone like episodes. For instance, EndorphinGirl™ has not entirely shaken the bone-chilling cold from, you guessed it - her bones! It was just one of those winters; that chill has lingered and lingered and lingered for months. Winter-ozone is a tricky thing, unlike other ozone effects winter-ozone zeroes in on the bones. It develops that chill-in-the-bones ongoing feeling.
But Spring is near. Spring is really trying to spring. Think about it. Many college students are in the midst of Spring break, or have already concluded it. So Spring, it’s happening. And the high schools and colleges have already started Spring sports, albeit things like outdoor track have not had too much traction so far thanks to the wintery weather, but there’s hope! And the U.S.A. territory has already experienced a ‘spring forward’. Yes, it’s currently only 5 hours behind CET. Always a pleasure! And of course, flower-buds-are-starting-to-emerge-through-the-also-emerging-grass-blades which are trying to ‘spring’ through the overlays of snow! Spring is really coming!
Well there must be some endorphin-relation to all of this. And there is - Spring equals new
beginnings, warm weather, more outdoor activity, more sunshine. More sunshine makes people
happy! Happy, yes happy makes endorphins. There you have it! Think Spring!
So bloggees, with our collective Spring hope, by Sunday, April 1st which follows Europe’s spring ahead and Easter’s Spring awakening, the Spring season clearly will be felt in the Corridor regions where Spring is supposed to be a season! And if 'hope springs eternal' than Mother Winter won't get playful and play an April fool’s joke that day!
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Half marathon humor. A friend asked EndorphinGirl™ earlier today ‘what half she is doing’. Being literal as she sometimes is (and
can’t help it), EndorphinGirl™ responded “the first half." Little did she realize that her friend instead wanted to know which particular half marathon she is running in (i.e.,
location). Aha, that correct answer is the Long Branch Half!
Half marathon progress remains steady, a few bumps here and there, but mostly steady. At the
35-days-before-marathon day which starts this weekend, EndorphinGirl™ has a
healthier-than-usual-regiment she hopes to follow. Stay tuned!
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In today’s EndorphinGirl™ picture, she is ‘springing’ or you may call it ‘jumping’ around (she is trying
to keep with a theme here)! The drawing is courtesy of EndorphinGirl™’s
son.
Until next time, your comments are most welcomed in guestbook and keep on endorphin’.
EndorphinGirl™
[Countdown: 39 days]
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