Summer Cannot Come Fast Enough.

I'm trying to decide if moving to Wisconsin in January was a brilliant or terrible idea. We knew it would be cold, but maybe we didn't know just how bad it would be. So we'd come at the worst of it, and it could only get better from there. At first, it was new and exciting and I loved watching the giant flakes fall. But they kept falling, and piling up, and the snow NEVER melted. I forgot what the ground looked like. Grass? What is grass? It was too cold to take the girls out. I even stopped taking the garbage out. I'd bag it up, start to take it out, and quickly turn around and set it on the kitchen floor.

People in Wisconsin for whatever reason don't put lights in living rooms. No, seriously. In every house I've been in, the living room DOES NOT HAVE A LIGHT. What the heck? I was talking about this last night at school with a friend from the South. A native Wisconsonian pipped in, "Haven't you heard of lamps?"

Anyway, I think the dark and the cold got to me and I snapped. I stopped working out. Stopped cleaning. And only got dressed before I had to go to school. I fell in this awful slump. People would say it would start to warm up (in MAY) and I wondered what in the world we were doing in Wisconsin of all places. Friends in Arizona, Florida, and California would post pictures of them outside with their kids in shorts and T shirts while all I had to show was the disaster my kids had created that I just didn't care enough to clean up. Which really just made me feel like a terrible mom and only added to my already sour mood.

I've been missing Utah County terribly. I miss having friends that I can just show up at their house to play. I miss knowing the area to a T, knowing places to play and things to do. Miss the people, the mountains, favorite stores, snack places, play places. I miss how family oriented it is and how there is ALWAYS something fun going on.

Last weekend was General Conference. It couldn't have come at a better time. I've been looking for a serious kick in the pants. And Conference didn't disappoint. This one was a favorite. I wish the whole thing was online already, but that would be insane. And magically the snow melted, things defrosted, and the temperature was well above freezing.

Friday the girls and I bundled up and had a picnic at the zoo, we had conference weekend, and then yesterday was a perfect day. I did a REAL workout, cleaned, made dinner, and walked to the park to play. The sun was out, and we had a great walk around the pond, exploring and playing. I even had the door to the balcony open, it was so warm.

I had a glimpse of summer and it was awesome. And then as quickly as it came, it was gone. Today is story, wet, and dark. But I'll take that over snow, and just pretend we're back in Oregon any day.  The good news is that there is hope that the good stuff is coming! Maybe I can understand why people live in Wisconsin. Come on summer, my sanity (and the lives of my family members) <kidding>depends on you!!