Into the homestretch

Posted by Tina Musial May 7, 2006

If you live in the north like I do, you are releasing a huge sigh. The leaves are popping out on the trees, the tulips are in full bloom and the birds are nesting. Spring has finally come!

I love this time of year - no winter coat is required, the hats and mittens are (hopefully) put away for a few months and the snow shovel gets a rest. However, with spring, comes the calendar explosion.

I'm not sure quite why or how it happens, but it does every year. I round the corner of April into May and virtually every square is filled with something. Between soccer and little league, a confirmation, graduation and a plethora of birthdays (why are so many babies born in May anyway?), the spring will sail into summer.

Does this happen to other parents, single or otherwise? Or is this a spring phenomenon that I can't control?

My theory: Everyone is so happy to have nice weather and gets the itch to go outside, they all plan an event. I would rather have events planned during the long, cold, boring months of winter to make those go by faster so we could relish spring itself before it passes too quickly.