Here comes the sun

With each day the ground warms, the air warms, the ice thins, The trees bud, and the grass greens. First the seagulls returned and now chipmunks are scurrying about campus. Bare feet and flip flops are seen walking up the hill. Hats and boots have been traded for shorts and sunglasses. Bikes and long-boards now replace skis and snowboards. The library is empty and the academic lawn is full. Time spent outdoors surpasses the time spent indoors and the top of sugarloaf becomes as familiar as the back of my chemistry lecture. The snow stuck to my shoes is now the sand forever stuck inside of them. This is spring. This is the beginning of summer. It is familiar, but it is a totally different experience this time. I have never had the ability to experience the earth waking up in such a beautiful place. The outdoors more easily appreciated when not crowded by infrastructure, the changing of the seasons is more heavily observed and more captivating. Through the observation I find inspiration, hope, natural curiosity, and that wonder that I have been lacking. The warm weather will be what saves my sanity.