nerves

It's been hard to study or do anything inside lately as the warmth and sunshine in Chicago has increased. We're almost done getting rid of our giant pile of junk in the yard, and Tim built me a composter! We bought our first lawn-mower (one of Tim's friends from dental school actually asked if he could come over and mow our lawn for us b/c he wanted to do something outside...), and pruned the fruit trees. I'm also excited because my tulips do have flowers, and they just started blooming this week! 

So why on earth would I leave the sunshiny warmth of Chicago for snow, clouds, and cold? 1) I love my family. 2) Derek, John, & I are doing the Siouxperman triathlon on Saturday. I was feeling pretty good about this a few weeks ago considering spring was in the air, and I was expecting sunshine and weather no colder than 55 deg. Well, IA pulled a fast one on me. The forecast is now for rain, wind, a high of 38 - feeling like 30 with the wind. I'm just trying not to think about it - it makes me nervous. 

I'm not sure what we've gotten ourselves into, but it should be interesting. At any rate, Tim is having fun reminding me that it's still sun-shiny in Chicago.