{"id":7778,"date":"2014-03-11T09:39:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T13:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=7778"},"modified":"2014-03-11T09:39:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T13:39:13","slug":"frozen-solid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=7778","title":{"rendered":"Frozen Solid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I never realized how down in the dumps I am by February\/early March until I feel that first warm breeze as Spring attempts to push its way through. \u00a0And that might be an understatement.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend I felt it. \u00a0Jackets were unzipped. \u00a0Kids played hockey at the rink in t-shirts. \u00a0Puddles formed at the end of the driveway. \u00a0Windows are rolled down. \u00a0The 6&#8242; snowbanks that line the streets started to melt. \u00a0There was hope in the air and it was swirling all around me.<\/p>\n<p>And then today the forecast is for a winter storm for later this week. \u00a0Awesome.<\/p>\n<p>I, like EVERYONE ELSE (even the crazy winter-lovers who swoon at the sight of the first snow in October or November) am done with winter. \u00a0Done. \u00a0Done. \u00a0Done. \u00a0 In fact, Environment Canada states that this has been the coldest winter in 2o years?<\/p>\n<p>According to an online <a href=\"http:\/\/days.to\/spring\/2014\">countdown<\/a>, and at the minute of this post, there are 9 days, 3 hours, 41 minutes and 32 seconds until Spring arrives. \u00a09 days. \u00a0I can do that.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, I can dream of better (warmer) days, right?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7779\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0938sm.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0938sm.jpg 750w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0938sm-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0938sm-200x133.jpg 200w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0938sm-290x193.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never realized how down in the dumps I am by February\/early March until I feel that first warm breeze as Spring attempts to push its way through. \u00a0And that might be an understatement. This weekend I felt it. \u00a0Jackets were unzipped. \u00a0Kids played hockey at the rink in t-shirts. \u00a0Puddles formed at the end [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[26,37,55,49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7778"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7780,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7778\/revisions\/7780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}