Spring is Here so Merry Christmas!

It's been a long time since I contributed a new post to this blog but this crazy weather in Calgary has given me something to say. And, what I have to say about the weather is,

"'T-ain't funny, McGee!"

As I wrote on my Facebook profile, it's starting to be like a really bad joke. And, I'm one person who hates bad jokes. Sorry, but, zero tolerance. For some reason, a bad joke can ruin my whole relationship with someone. That's pretty severe, I know. But maybe I just figure that if somebody has to try so hard, they should quit the funny business.

So, here I am going across the street to buy some yogurt. (For some reason, I had a craving for real, unflavoured yogurt that night. And, no, I'm not pregnant. That's another bad joke.) So, I feel the wet snowflakes whipping my face, pull up my fluffy hood and head out. On the other side of the street, I see an elderly fellow and shout out, "Happy spring!" He replies,

"Merry Christmas!" We both laugh and carry on down the street.

I buy some peanutbutter cups, having not found any yogurt at the gas station convenience shop and as I'm coming out of the store, I greet another person who calls out,

"Merry Christmas!"

I think we Calgarians and Calgary dwellers are FED UP with this extension of winter. It's just not funny anymore. Not that it ever was. But, at least winter during winter is much more tolerable than Christmas weather in spring. Even the birds seem to be fed up with it. They seem a little cranky when they flip the snowflakes off their feathers as if to say, "Come on! Enough snow already!"

Anyway, when the weather finally breaks and we get an actual spring day for a change, I'm sure we'll all appreciate it even more than if it had happened on schedule. You know. Or not. We'll see.