Happy Mayday!

Anyone who lives in the Edmonton area as I do is probably shaking their heads at our recent weather. Monday morning we started getting flurries of snow. They progressed into a full-on blizzard style storm with gale force winds that lasted throughout the day. By evening, there was a good amount of snow accumulation and shovels were once again broken out. Tuesday the temperatures were below freezing all day and we got some additional flurries. It was particularly disheartening because we had FINALLY lost most of the winter's snow, and many people had spent the weekend doing their spring prep yard cleanup. At my place we planted our seedling trays, (planting outdoors doesn't happen until late may around these parts), raked the grass and put some fresh mulch down in the front garden. Now our yard is once again blanketed by a thick layer of heavy, wet snow. I cannot express how tired I am of looking outside and seeing a sea of white. It's spring! Mother nature, get the memo!

Thankfully the temperatures are now warming up with some lovely days ahead. So with that in mind, I am going to be thankful for May the first ushering in our spring season at long last. I am keeping my fingers crossed that our brief summer lingers long into the fall months.

Ah March...Thou Art a Heartless B**ch

Every year around this time we inevitably get all excited for spring, and then disappointed when another winter storm hits, or the temperature plunges. We KNOW it's going to happen, but it still feels like a betrayal from Mother Nature. March asserted itself in grand style with a dump of about 20 cms of snow yesterday and today. The roads are a horrible mess of ice and snow, with plenty of bad accidents to prove the point.

I saw this nasty one on the way to work this morning. Yes- that's a light post on top of that poor guy's car. *gulp*. He was okay, just shaken up (obviously).

Our large accumulation of snow was starting to recede, and now all of the melt-age has been replaced by a fresh load of powder. The only bright spots are that the days are longer so I won't be driving home in snow AND darkness, and the snow will melt sooner rather than later, given the time of year.

Despite the weather though, I am in a great mood today. It's Friday, and things are going my way. There has been resolution to a long-standing issue I won't get into, except to say that it's a tremendous weight off my shoulders. I'm also weirdly excited because tonight I am moving up to level 3 of the 30-Day-Shred. Ten more days and I will have completed the program. I'm proud of myself to sticking to it for once, and kind of shocked that I actually look forward to working out somewhat. Yay me!

Have a great weekend all!