Seasonal Observation

I wish I were a bear. I'd spend all year looking forward to winter; I'd finally get to sleep for weeks at a time. Instead, I'm a human being who dreads winter. It means cold nights, shoveling driveways, and little sunlight.

Every season is more fun when you're a kid. Winter = Snowmen, sledding, hot apple cider. Summer = No School, sports, fun outside. Fall = Jumping into fallen leaves. Spring = Running outside again, watching everything grow.

Now, all seasons kind of blend into one another. As an adult, the only difference between the seasons is what bills you'll pay. It's winter, I'll be paying a lot for my heating bill. It's summer, my a/c will drive up my electric bill. It's spring, time to pay the tax man. It's fall, time for that mortgage reassessment.

D.