Spring, we’re done here, thanks
Well, I’m at the limit. The utterly confusing weather of Wisconsin spring has officially run its course as far as I’m concerned and I am signaling for it to cease operations immediately. Only days over 50 degrees from here on out are allowed and absolutely no snow, sleet, hail or any sort of “winterymix” are acceptable forms of precipitation. I’m putting my foot down, no more temper tantrums from Mother Nature, no more winter stubbornly refusing to take a hint from Frozen and just “let it go.” We’re done here.
Late March and early April have to be simultaneously one of my favorite and least favorite times of the year.
On one hand, there’s a lot of great sports going on right now. March Madness is one of my favorite postseasons in all of sports and almost single-handedly makes this time of year bearable. This year was no different. While the Badgers did not go quite as far as I would have hoped, their late run against BYU was pretty exciting and honestly they did a lot better than I would have ever expected heading into the season. John Tonje, even though he only had one season with Wisconsin, cemented himself as a Badgers legend over the course of the season in my opinion and was the primary reason they were even in that final game. On top of that, there were of course a ton of other exciting games this tournament, especially from the Elite Eight on. Though none of them were quite as entertaining as N.C. State’s Cinderella run last year, there was still plenty of good college basketball to go around.
There’s also, of course, the beginning of the Major League Baseball season. And while the Brewers threatened to have their major league status revoked and be demoted to AAA after their first four games, they have looked at least somewhat more competent (granted against weaker competition) in the seven games since. But that’s baseball for you. I guess the baseball gods had better things to do than continuing to smite the poor team from Milwaukee.
On the other hand, however, is the utterly terrible, horrible, disgusting weather. This has to be the absolute worst time of the year to be outside. It can be almost summer-like one day, and then the next you will have to shovel your driveway after seven inches of snow. It’s muddy, it’s wet, it’s got that moist chill that just lingers over you all day. Absolutely abysmal.
I’ve called for this before, but apparently it fell upon deaf ears, because here we are again, dealing with whether I should wear a winter coat or shorts. So I am once again asking that the powers that be to put an end to this madness. No more spring alright? It’s done. Okay? Great, glad to see we are the same page. Same time and place next year, I assume?
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Nathaniel U nderwood Reporter
