Spring is here!

So far so good in Jersey. I've owned a car for almost one entire week and I've since avoided running over people/animals. That second part is lame? Running over animals? Well, you sir have never lived in New Jersey. Because if you did then you'd know how many animals get hit and are splattered on the highways. No, that isn't an oil spill.

I've also learned some of the pros and cons of living in Jersey. Pro, you can drive 75 mph and you're barely keeping with traffic. Con, I haven't seen bigger douches on the road since I was in a cab with my parents in China and he pulled an illegal U-turn to go the wrong way down a one way street just before he drove up on the sidewalk. Pro, its so easy to find good Italian food everywhere you go, and the people even talk like Italians! Con, everyone is cursing at each other ALL the time. So far that's all I got on my list about the good and bad of Jersey. I mean there's more, so much more, but I need to spare my top ten lists while I shake my writing rust off. So for now, lists of two.

I should also update everyone about my other writing. Book of short stories = universally rejected (at least by the agents I reached out to). Now, this isn't the worst thing in the world. Part of me felt like it still needed work but I wasn't sure. Now I know it certainly does! Having said that one agent did give me positive feedback, she was actually on the fence about whether or not to take me on. So, I know I have some work to do but I'll get there. New goal is to have a book published by the end of this year.

And now Spring is here and after the winter we've all had I couldn't be happier. There was that smell today as the drizzle started. That rain smell that just sparks so many memories from when you're a kid playing in the rain to more recent Summer's when you just hanging out taking it all in. Romantic, yes. Nostalgic, definitely. Yet for me, especially being from Minnesota where the Winter makes everything barren, Spring is an amazing time. Beyond the skirts that come out is that old sense of rebirth. Everyone changes, everyones mood lifts. No other seasonal change sparks the same feeling in us. We go from dreading the snow to hoping for a little rain. As everything and everyone around us blossoms we feel that renewed hope that maybe the tough times are over for the year. Maybe now we can celebrate and enjoy. Some people want to live in only warm climates so they never have to experience Winter again. I don't, I appreciate Winter for what it truly is. And the change to Spring in unparalleled in feeling and sights and sounds after a Winter that is true to it's name. So enjoy the Spring everyone! Let's see what grows this year.