The pros and cons of spring

OK, so I'm totally excited for spring to be around the corner, but I'm realizing there are just about as many positive things as there are negative that spring brings.

#1: The Positive: The most obvious - the weather breaking! Warmer temps are on the way!! And Snow will be gone for about 6 months!! That's all very, very good stuff! I can't wait to feel the warm sun and be able to do stuff outside. This weekend, Hannah got to go outside to ride her new bike for a little bit. She's doing pretty good with it, only fell over twice. She needs to get the hang of steering and watching where she's going. Both time she fell, she was busy watching other stuff and went off the sidewalk.
The Negative: Rain - lots of rain! As much as I'm excited that it's not snow falling from the sky, the rain is such a drag! It's such a pain to go out in it and get soaked! I got drenched Sunday out getting groceries. You can't even bother with an umbrella becuase that creates way more of a hassle than just dealing with getting wet. I hate how groceries get all wet getting them into the car and then the inside of the car smells wet - yuck! And wet sqeaky shoes - I hate that sound!

#2: The Positive: The longer days - Daylight Savings Time. I love that it's light out until so much later. It makes the day feel so much more productive and you seem to have a couple of extra hours added to the same 24-hour day! So cool.
The Negative: Switching to Daylight Savings Time. I hate losing an hour of sleep!!! It seems to be harder to adjust to because you're just not tired at 10:00 pm yet and getting up at 6:30 am is hard because you know it really is 5:30am (at least it used to be). So this is the first time I totally forgot to switch the clocks!!! We got up on Sunday around 8-8:30 and were just doing our thing. Tony ran to get a paper and came home to say it really was 9:30!!! I was so mad that I lost an hour of my day without even trying!!! I can't believe I forgot to switch the clocks!!!

#3: The Positive: I saw the beginning of my spring flowers popping through the ground yesterday!!! I was so thrilled to see a little bit of green coming through the mulch from my daffodils! I think the moles or rabbits (or whoever ruins my stuff outside) have pretty much eaten all of my tulips, but I think I have plenty of daffodils and crocus's left. It's so fun to see that sign of spring!
The Negative: Bugs - I don't normally mind bugs OUTSIDE, but I do NOT like them in the house! I have come to learn to deal with those little brown spiders. I can even kill them myself now - with a shoe or something. But I draw the line with those creepy-crawly cenipedes things!!! Tony found one on the steps the other day. Then last night, Hannah and I were standing in the kitchen and I saw one come booking out from under the stove. I tried shoving her away so she couldn't see it, but she saw it and TOTALLY FREAKED!!!!! I had just given her a marshmallow bunny for snack and she saw the bug, screamed and took off running, dropping her marshmallow bunny on the floor. She screamed and was crying and ran upstairs to Tony and was seriously shaking and freaking out!!! I managed to grab a paper towel to step on it, but Tony had to finish it off. Those things have no business being in my house!!! I can't help but feel lke the house is dirty, when I know it really isn't. Last year we had black ants kinda bad for a while. Wonder if they'll be back or not. Bugs- GO AWAY! or at least, stay outside!

#4: The Positive: Wearing different clothes! I have no problem saying goodbye to sweaters, sweatshirts and winter coats! I love goinng out in much lighter wear so much better! It's so much more comfortable than having to get all bundled up!
The Negative: These last 5-10 pounds to lose! I can't understand why I have such a hard time dropping these last few pounds. I'm actually right around what I weighed before I got pregnant, and I'm in a size smaller, but I feel fatter! So these lighter clothes require a slimmer look since you don't have the bulk to cover up that tummy roll....guess I have to actually move my body again to tone back up....maybe I can achieve that when the weather warms up and we can go outside.

#5: The Positive: Vacation! I can't wait for vacation! It's such a great way to kick-start spring adn I love going and relaxing. I love the beach and the ocean - there's no better place to be! I love counting down the days until we go....only one more Monday of work left!!! And one more Friday for me too!
The Negative: Packing, driving and unpacking from vacation....those parts are no fun! But really, I'd take those pain points all the time if it meant I can fit in one week of relaxation and the beach! So really, there's not that much negative to say about vacation, unless we have really crappy weather - that wouldn't make me very happy!

That's it on the spring stuff.

In other news, Roman went to the doctor Saturday. She said he's pretty full of arthritis and could tell he's having a lot of trouble getting around. She saw a little bit of infection in his mouth which could have been part of the reason he's not eating much -I tend to think it's because he had to move to eat. But anyway, she gave him an antibiotic and a pain pill and I got some joint supplements for him to take. He is really doing much, much better already. He gets up on his own now and does it more freely and without a huge struggle. He's been eating twice a day the past couple days. I think this made him more comfortable for sure. I'm not sure how much longer we have with him, but at least while he is still here, he's not miserable!

Hannah went to the doctor Saturday too. She's had this cold for over 3 weeks, so I thought I'd better run her in. I did think that it was actually a second cold with different symptoms, but since this one had a nasty cough, I figured I'd better have it checked out. We haven't been to the doctor since her 2 year old checkup (except for that weird thing with her eyes that she did last summer) so it's not like I run her in for every little sniffle! Anyway, she's fine - just another cold. She's 31 pound and did really well this time- no crying! We go for her 3-year old check up the end of April. I scheduled that in January! Kinda crazy they were so booked up that it took over 3 months to get an appt! OH, well!

Right now I'm sitting at the hospital waiting room while Tony is having a stomach scope. He's been complainng about a pain in his side forever now, so I'm hoping they find out what's wrong. I hope it is something for his sake and mine! I know he's tired of hearing me tell him that it's what he eats! And I'm tired of hearing him complain that he never feels good. Also, if they don't find something today, then he gets the joy of having a colonoscopy! So let's just hope they find something today!

Ok, sorry for the lack of pictures again. I know posts are more fun with pictures. But I have to admit, I've hardly picked up my camera lately. I even remembered that I forgot to take Hannah's picture at the end of the month -which I do every month and I have every picture posted on my bulletin board at work....guess I'd better get that done this weekend!