I always talk about how spring is my favorite time of year. It’s time I document the reasons why:
- Baseball. It’s Spring Training time, baby! Baseball season is near, which means it’s time for my two favorite pastimes: the Dodgers, and Fantasy Baseball. I’ve been a Dodger fan since I was born, and watching the games on TV and in person is how I relive my childhood. I’ve started a tradition of taking off work to go to Opening Day. I’ve also started a tradition of wasting precious time at work (and at home) setting my fantasy baseball lineup and reading articles about the players, teams, and everything involved. I become semi-obsessed. The thing is, I just really love it.
- Strawberries. My mom says when she was pregnant with me she always craved strawberries and ate buckets of them late at night. This was my influence. Aside from perhaps pickles, I could eat more strawberries than any other single food in the world. Spring is strawberry season, and eating strawberries while watching the baseball game is just too good. The only time I’ve ever been known to wake up early on a weekend is to eat strawberries while I watch the baseball game. It’s just the greatest.
- Passover. It’s my favorite Jewish holiday. With the matzah, the charoset, the food in general, it just makes me happy. I know that most people think I’m crazy and prefer bread over this holiday, but I personally don’t care. I love matzah enough to eat it exclusively for a week, so I’m happy with the feeling of spring and the singing and the lounging that Passover brings to the table.
- Weather. I hate the winter almost as much as Pearl Harbor sucked. So, with spring being the sign that winter is over, I don’t see how I could love another season any more. I just love warm weather, which is why I live in Southern California. I don’t understand why anyone would live anywhere else (except for the lack of traffic and the lower cost of living…) Anyway, spring means warmer weather. I know it sometimes means rain, too, but at least it’s not cold.
Spring also used to mean that school was almost over, but of course, now it just means that the I need to have my Q2 goals completed at work. Real life sure can be a drag. However, this year, it also means that softball season starts again, so yay for that!
Anyway, welcome to the greatest time of year! SPRINGTIME IS HERE!