The past couple mornings and evenings I have been thrown off by those wonderful melodies that are bird songs. Every time I hear these sweet and energetic sounds, I get an excited chill that runs through my body in anticipation of spring. The confusing part is, it's January, it's in the sixties, and I feel like we've passed winter all together.

Part of me still wants to be snowed in, watching big fluffy snow flakes fall to the ground. Drinking hot chocolate and bundling up for the cold, I want to feel my winter! While at work the other morning, I stopped everything when I heard what I previously thought impossible.. birds singing in the middle of winter! Sure enough, they were those energetic songs that I normally start to hear in March or April in the Kansas homeland. I look forward to these sounds every year and apparently I don't have to wait long here.. This may sound silly, but my whole system feels thrown off due to the lack of snow and all of the experiences that come with it.

I don't even get to wear my cute eskimo coat or furry boots this year..

However, I must say, it is nice to be able to go for an evening stroll without freezing to death.. I'll give Texas that.