Countdown to Spring!

Yep, now that it's winter as of today -- even though we've had winter weather for more than a month now -- it's time to think of spring!

Or not. ;-)

Some years back, before the knees were shot, winter was my absolute favorite time of the year. I'd head into work every Monday and Wednesday with the skis loaded atop the car and my ski gear ready to go night skiing directly from work. Every day off I'd head to a local mountain in the Catskills or the Berkshires. A few days off and I'd be up in Vermont or New Hampshire or Whiteface Mountain in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. A week off and I'd be in Colorado or Maine or Canada. Ah, those were the days.

I still love the beauty of freshly fallen snow and, believe it or not, I really don't mind the cold so much. As long as I'm moving, not stuck in a cold wind and my knees aren't giving me grief, I still love it.

That said, I'm avoiding the city as much as I can until the transit strike is over. I have to go in on Monday. With all the macho posturing between Roger Toussaint (head of the TWU) and Bloomberg/Pataki, I don't see this one ending soon. I hope the fact that the international (or is it national?) related TWU folks disagree with Toussaint's actions help to shut the strike down.

By Monday!