Winter Blahs

So much has happened the past month ~ yet I've found no inspiration to write about it.  Maybe I can't find the words or maybe I do have the winter blahs.
Patrick turned 16 and got his driver's license at 9:30 that morning!  He drove himself to Chardon (dentist appointment) 4 days later without getting lost.  Independence is coming on swift feet.  I spent a moment on the eve of his birthday being sad, but it's such a good thing that I can talk myself out of sad pretty quickly.  After all, it's our job to help our kids spread their wings and support their steps to adulthood. (Easier said than done for this mom.)

We had three days of warm weather and all but the biggest snow piles melted.  I ran outside and enjoyed.  Then it turned cold again.  We're in the middle of a winter storm right now (snow day number 6 on the year).  It's coming down fast ~ they are saying we'll have possibly a foot by the end of the day.  It is pretty, but I'm done.  I want to garden and run outside and wear flip-flops.  Those days of warm did more damage to my psyche than good!

But...I'm running without much pain in the ankle; the house is fairly clean {Mom and Dad were here for Patrick's birthday and Mom helped me dust.  Mom said, "There's not near as much dust as the last time I was here."  which just made us both laugh.}; my IEP crazy time at work is over; the yearbook is coming along nicely {only a few low battery moments}; we have a new pastor at church {starting in July}; tennis is starting in another week; the boys are signed up for spring soccer; I'm having the best school year ever.  Life is good and Spring is coming.