Spring. It's finally here.

As you may have ascertained from this blog and any personal interactions you've had with me, I'm not a big fan of winter, whether it be the snow/hail/sleet/-40F frozen hell of Northern New York, or the dreary two-thirds of a year of gloom and drizzle in the Pacific Northwest. So it was with much satisfaction that I took the bike out of the shed yesterday morning and rode down to the pub. The crappy weather that was forecasted held off for my little jaunt, but as soon as I made the decision to not return the bike to the garden shed and instead lock it up out front and in the elements, the downpour began, soaking my seat and helmet.

I already blogged about the Timbers season starting, so I won't go into that again, but that is just yet another symptom of the onset of spring. Flowers, sunshine, and soccer were the things that I've been waiting for since approximately September when we entered the wet season and now they're here! Hooray!

However, there are consequences to all this jubilance, as it's really hard to read 10000000000000000 pages on quantifying faunal remains when there are bikes to ride, soccer balls to kick, and beers to drink. Academically, last week was a pretty pitiful showing on my part, and I've now got a lot of catching up to do. Unfortunately for me, my decision to try and graduate next March instead of June requires me to go to summer school this year, which means that while all the rest of the students are daydreaming about their upcoming vacation in less than two months, my next chunk of freedom isn't until roughly September.

But I can hardly complain. Afterall, it's SPRING!!!

Plus, I got a screenshot of the standings. Considering how poorly we did last year, it's nice to look at, even if it doesn't last. Notice where Seattle is? heheheheheh.