The Toddling Days of Spring

Written in Apartment

10:08 PM, February 26th

It feels like SPRING! In the winter there is always this sense of gray that clings to everything. Even when the sun is out, that dove gray lingers at the edge of sensation, just waiting to sink into your bones when the sun goes down. When you walk outside, you darn well know that it's winter because even the buildings have their shoulders hunched up against impending winds. I tend to view winter as a malicious entity instead of a season, but that's because I'm not an enormous fan of cold or snow after it has been around for about a week. You can only imagine how I feel about New England's five to six month winters. Personal opinion? Christmases should always be white, fall ends on the last day of November, and the New Year should also mean a new season. One month, exactly.

Complaints against the winter department aside, I walked outside this morning and found that it was warm and that the clear light that means spring is on its way was comfortably stretching itself out in the streets. Instant mood improvement! This means that tomorrow I will be working on the spring cleaning of my apartment! This consists of scrubbing everything very thoroughly and being a rockstar with a broom while I sweep and listen to excellent music all day. Admit it. You're jealous. As for today, I enjoyed a spring nap and opened my windows just the slightest bit to let in some fresh air and let out that radiator generated staleness that had become my flatmate. Some people like to call that phenomenon "coziness". Poor, deluded winter people.

Here, have a playlist for the toddling days of spring:

1. Something in the Water - Brooke Fraser
2. Waves - Jhameel
3. Blue Skies - Jessica Lea Mayfield
4. Hotel Song - Regina Spektor
5. Elle Me Dit - MIKA
6. Banana Pancakes - Jack Johnson
7. Brandy - Red Hot Chili Peppers
8. Here it Goes Again - OK Go
9. Time to Reply - Charlie McDonnell
10. Don't Unplug Me - ALL CAPS
11. Go Places - The New Pornographers
12. King & Lionheart - Of Monsters and Men
13. Sister Golden Hair - America
14. We Intertwined - The Hush Sound
15. Girl Inform Me - The Shins
16. Up Up Up - The Givers