by Rebecca Dance<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve done it, folks. I finally got to sit outside long enough to get a sunburn. I regret it a little bit, because my clothes are rubbing against it and it\u2019s a little uncomfortable, but it also means that spring is finally here and it\u2019s time for me to start photosynthesizing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It feels weird to say this at the end of March, because we had all the unseasonably warm weather early in the year that dropped into unseasonably cold weather all of a sudden and I don\u2019t want to make any sudden claims. However, I think it\u2019s safe to say that spring is absolutely officially here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Admittedly, I spend most of my day in a room with the blinds closed, so I can\u2019t get much photosynthesizing in. However, every time I leave a building and get a face full of sunshine, I am instantly happier. In addition to that, I am now happier that I don\u2019t eat dinner in the dark. The sun is out much longer in the evening, and it makes my days so much brighter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The flowers are out too! I drive past the same houses every day, twice a day, so I\u2019ve been slowly watching their lawns change. This afternoon, I noticed that one of the houses on my drive had a yard full of wild violets and buttercups, and I was so violently happy that I accidentally honked my horn at the elderly woman gardening next door to the wildflower yard. My reaction was maybe a bit extreme, but you can feel the anticipation for spring and then summer on the air. It\u2019s almost like I can already smell vacations and a brief respite from responsibilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n All I can say about this time on campus is that you should get outside whenever you can. Open your window and let in some air! Go for a walk! Go sit on any of the many benches and patios! Go on a hike! Lay outside in the grass! This campus is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen in the spring, and I intend to take full advantage of it (despite my slight allergy to flowering trees). <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Rebecca Dance I\u2019ve done it, folks. I finally got to sit outside long enough to get a sunburn. I regret it a little bit, because my clothes are rubbing against it and it\u2019s a little uncomfortable, but it also means that spring is finally here and it\u2019s time for me to start photosynthesizing.\u00a0 It…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-7212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-summer2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}