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I woke up this morning not very pleased to find that it had started snowing. I tried not to believe what the weather people were saying. I think they make it up most of the time these days. Yesterday afternoon Steven and I took a long, invigorating walk after work. It had been a bright sunny day, and for once we felt motivated to actually do something. My poor little brain can’t even fathom how we got 6 freaking inches of snow less than 24 hours later, on Good Friday of all days. I know that Easter is obscenely early this year and every thing, but this is ridiculous. Seriously, Mother Nature better make this up to me big time this summer.

Lately I’ve been feeling bad at how I let this winter get the best of me. Granted I’ve never before seen this much snow in my lifetime, I still feel like I could have done things that would have helped me enjoy it more, or at least not despise it so much. I didn’t go cross country skiing once this winter, nor did I get any snowshoeing in. That’s just pathetic considering the amount of snow we had. I am at least partly proud of myself for going to a night hike again this winter. The weather wasn’t as great as it could have been (too much cloud cover), but it was still good to get out and get moving for one brief moment this winter.

I think that’s why I feel so disappointed at the moment. I fell for the spring tease. You would think after living in Wisconsin all my life, I wouldn’t fall for that shit any more, but then you would think wrong my friend. The tease at least did get me thinking about moving again, and I went for quite a few walks this week and even got some strength training in again. My poor muscles haven’t been the most cooperative, but I can hardly blame them because they were rarely ever exerted this winter.

Spring has also really made me want a dog. I grew up in a dog family, and now that I live in a house and am a little bit older and more settled, the time is right for a dog. I think a dog would help me stay active and that we could do a lot of fun things together. I would need to take the dog for a walk before and after work. I would need to take it to obedience class. I would need to take it to the dog park to socialize with other dogs. It would force me into at least getting out of the house, if not get me into new situations, meeting new people. It’s always easier to talk to people about their pets. Everyone can agree that pets are awesome.

I’m not so sure Steven is completely convinced that now is the right time for a dog, but I’m slowly bringing him around to my point of view. I can hardly resist the dogs on the Humane Society page at the moment, and I have been torturing him with their pictures all day. I’m going to have to try really hard not to go there tomorrow and scoop one of them up right away. Of course, I need to do a little more research. You know, find out where the dog parks are around this town, figure out which kind of breed would be good for me, find a kennel close by for when we go on vacation; that kind of stuff. Soon though, soon I hope to the proud owner of a shelter dog.