I’m writing this on the first day of Spring (you’re reading it the day after). It’s a truly beautiful day out here in the desert that is southwest Texas. I’m not sure where I’m going with this post, just sharing some thoughts and musings (mostly to break up the travel posts as I have 3 more of those still to go).
Spring and Autumn are my favorite seasons. There’s just something about those transitional seasons that touches my soul. Maybe because I always feel like we are in a state of transition (or maybe because I always feel like I am coming out of the depths of something haha) or maybe it’s just the sign of change- of new things to come, a fresh moment, the beginning and ending of things.
This Spring we are very much in a stage of transition- in every aspect of life. We are moving over the summer (yes- again), we are revamping our home, revamping wardrobes, we are having new experience, trying to figure out what this next phase of life is going to be.
(Wow- that sounded so dramatic, but really it isn’t all that)
We spent Spring Break in Arizona, a place that I firmly believe can be a secret oasis. After spending so much of the past 9 months in true desert, seeing life, seeing greenery, experiencing different weather- it was a balm to our souls (who would have thought after 3 years of serious snow I would get excited over snow?!).
(Again- sounds dramatic- very much is, and very much captures our feelings)
With Spring rolling in slowly (I see you friends in upstate NY); we all get to feel like we’re coming back to life. Much like nature and animals, we all hibernate to an extent in the Winter. In fact- did you know we are supposed to get more sleep in the Winter than in Summer. Our bodies do follow the seasons (much like other cycles) and adjust accordingly. And now, with the weather shifting, the temperature warming up, the daylight getting longer, and we all feel better for it. Kind of like that trend of “I didn’t believe in seasonal depression until I went outside on a sunny day and x temperature”.
I will be honest; it simultaneously feels and doesn’t feel like Spring here in the desert. The trees are starting to leaf up and bloom and the temperatures have gone from 50’s/60’s to high 80’s almost overnight. We get the drastic 40 degree jumps between morning and afternoon. BUT it’s still so brown- nary a flower in sight! While I feel like I am coming back to life with all the Spring things, it very much feels like my surroundings are still stuck in the same landscape that never changes.
As someone who lives for the fields of wildflowers, the planted rose gardens, the wild fields of grass- this has been a massive adjustment over the past 9 months, and I haven’t felt it nearly as much as I have coming into this Spring season.
(You must think I hate it here- but I don’t entirely. It’s presented its challenges while we’ve been here and the dust storms are an absolute nightmare, and I’m very ready to move, but I don’t HATE it here.)
All those words to say- I am very ready to welcome Spring. I am ready for life to “begin again” and to see what the next few months bring.
A Cuppa Cosy 