sprung

it's 80 degrees at ten o'clock at night on april second. we've somehow gone from winter to summer without passing go and without collecting $200. er, i mean spring. it seems that spring has sprung and didn't even take a coffee break in atlanta this year.

ironically, the boys are on spring break. they got off friday this year, as well as all of next week, due to the easter holiday and it's put me in a strange time warp. nevermind that the weather is decidedly warm for spring break, i've felt every day as though it were the next. meaning today's felt like saturday, yesterday like friday, etc. haley is experiencing the same thing. and luke told me today on the phone that he keeps thinking it's saturday too.

but it's not. and though confused, i'm also grateful. because here we are on the friday that normally would be on the eve of our holiday and i've already enjoyed and accomplished so much.

first the house - because really, it's been transformed - over the past 48 hours i've done everything from moving and removing furniture to sludging around in my pond to having carpets cleaned and roof flashing repaired to removing all signs that i actually use my bathroom to, to, to... to tomorrow a sign goes in the yard.

i'm a couple days past my 'end of march' deadline, but it's okay. the buyer wasn't quite ready yet either.

d: perfect timing: seller and buyer.

and second - tennis. yesterday haley and i had our first day back on the court this spring. well, this sprang. we played on our vacation and we've played a few times in the sprinkling of "spring-like" days we saw in our extended winter. but this is the first time we've been back on our home court, sporting tank tops and skirts (well, shorts for haley), and went home with pink kisses of sun on our shoulders and noses. so yes, i consider it our first day of tennis this season. (whatever season this is.)

and though haley was operating on a sleep deficit, we were definitely in the groove. something about the warm weather maybe. or something about the winter (predominantly) off. whether weather or rest or luck, it felt great. haley gave me my first lesson in serving while we were on vacation and being the star student that i am, it's all coming together. (maybe waiting until you've played a year to learn the most crucial stroke is a little known strategy?) tomorrow we're back on the court and i can't wait.

b: a year of tennis practice has paid off. i'm a tennis player now.

and last but not least, i think i've seen jackie more in the past week than i have the first three months of this year. she and ruth helped with my house last weekend and then last night and tonight we've been tearing up the town together. it's good. we're cyclical like that. we can see each other three times in a week and it feels natural and easy. and then a month can pass without speaking and that's natural and easy too. but when we come back, i always find it comforting. friends since we were todd's age. 24 years. something of a miracle.

g: lifelong friendship. a miracle i wish for everyone.

and here i am at the end of my blog before i even began, much like spring. sprang. sprung.