Today between church and work, I had some spare time so I decided a sunshine-filled stroll down King George Rd was in order - Metro to Tim Hortons. Nothing long, and nothing overly special..unless you've spent more than a third of your life in Brantford, that is.
Now you may be sitting there reading and thinking to yourself, "But Alyssa, I've spent well over a third of my life in this city and I haven't got a clue of what it is you speak of!" ... Well my good friends, on this, the tenth day of the third month...wait for it...
DAIREE DELITE IS OPEN.
And I'm sure some of you are still wondering what the big deal is, and for that reason, I will lend you a hand:
The opening of good ol'Dairee Delite not only signifies the beginning of ice cream season..erm, I mean spring. It means so much more than that! Think of all the wonderful things that spring brings about! You've got your clean cars, your saltless boots, your pasty legs, your less than toned arms and you'll probably come to realize that your favourite sandals have officially reached the end of their service term. However, along with all those great things, you get to bring the bikes out of the shed, pump up the tires and begin operation "No More Training Wheels", you get to jump in puddles, you get to barbeque without a parka, and you get begin filling the air with the sweet aroma of freshly cut grass.
I personally love spring because I love "spring cleaning". Opening the windows, music playing, and cleaning. Don't forget purging - oh man - that's the best part - getting rid of and giving away things you don't want or need anymore. Lovelovelove it. Anyways, I don't love the actual process of cleaning but I do love the feeling that comes when you sit down afterwards and accomplishment floods through your veins and you think to yourself:
Life. Is. Good.
Spring to me is a clean, clutterless, fresh start.
And I don't just mean for your house and closet, I mean for your life in general.
You finally get to work on shedding those last few holiday pounds, or you get to start.
You get to ride your bike, for those of you who have seen my bike - you understand my love.
You get to spend time with the kidlets, it seems like from about the middle of November until the beginning of march, life is just too busy and crazy to see anyone - even your own family. Well guess what? It's spring, you have no excuse to not start making plans and fulfilling them.
An lastly, you get a(n almost) daily dose of vitamin D that will continue to brighten (haha, see what I did there!?) your days so that when the rain comes, you're ready to embrace it with rubber boots and smile.
So friends, I leave you with a challenge, should you choose to accept it:
Step 1) Make a spring/summer bucketlist.
Step 2) Do it.
Steph 3) Actually do it.
Cheers.
Wait wait!! One more thing I love about spring, out of absolutely no where, a miracle occurs and the general population remembers how to drive. And that my friends, is truly a beautiful thing.
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