spring has not sprung. false alarm.

i love the winter, i do. but why did that groundhog have to see his shadow? God love punxsutawney phil, but i am in desperate need of spring. i've actually heard people say..."why didn't he just close his eyes?" i don't know. maybe the ski industry "paid" him to see his shadow so you all would keep coming out west, stimulating the economy at the ski resorts. it's his job. to come out of a hole and look around. if you had that kind of job, you would not bite the hand that feeds you. but i have a confession to make. it wasn't phil's fault. earlier this week when the sun was shining and the snow was melting and the temperatures got into the 40's, i said the unspeakable. i said that we had turned the corner...the temperatures were rising...and G*A*S*P...SPRING WAS HERE. i have no excuse. phil...phil is just a groundhog (not that there's anything wrong with that). phil just wants to get fed. i know better. i hope you find it in your heart to forgive my carelessness...and please. don't take it out on phil. maybe next year california will pay him to say that spring is coming early. xoxo