{"id":379591,"date":"2013-03-21T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/21\/phil-punxsutawney-might-not-be-a-fraud-after-all\/"},"modified":"2013-03-21T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T10:30:00","slug":"phil-punxsutawney-might-not-be-a-fraud-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/21\/phil-punxsutawney-might-not-be-a-fraud-after-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil (Punxsutawney) Might Not be a Fraud After All"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oh, the weather outside is frightful\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n

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And so, so dreadful\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n

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Someone who rarely ever naps, I\u2019ve taken a mid-day snooze nearly every day since daylight savings took effect.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Between the new work assignment, which has me up a God-awful fifteen minutes earlier than ever, the pitch black hour I leave in the morning, and the wintry March weather that has returned, I feel as if I could just hunker down until, say\u2026May?<\/span><\/div>\n

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Yesterday I even thought about hitting a tanning bed (something I do less frequently than I snooze in the middle of the day,) just to absorb some more light and warmth into my system.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Unfortunately, due to the catnap that lagged on more than an hour, I never made it to that sunny spot.<\/span><\/div>\n

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We Northeasterners have had our fill of the fluffy white stuff and the bitter breezes that leave us bundled from head to toe.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Even one of my happy-go-lucky students griped today when the winds kicked up and flakes began flying at school\u2019s release.<\/span><\/div>\n

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For the third straight day.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\u201cI can\u2019t believe it\u2019s snowing, again,\u201d he almost shouted, \u201cI\u2019m soooo<\/i> tired of winter!\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n

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My sentiments, exactly, I couldn\u2019t help but chuckle when I saw this cartoon about thirty minutes before the end of the day.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Photo via Facebook page Miscell items to kill time\/humor\/funny\/lol\/inspirational<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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The high-schoolers laughed when I told them about it. It even brought a smile to the grumbler\u2019s face.<\/span><\/div>\n
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And then I came home to find this headline: Why does spring begin a day earlier this year?<\/span><\/a><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
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Well blow me down with good news!<\/span><\/div>\n
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Winter is the second shortest season, longer to autumn by a mere fraction.<\/span><\/div>\n
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And according to the article, the cold months are growing shorter!<\/span><\/div>\n
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Winter: 88.99 days
Spring: 92.76 days
Summer: 93.65 days
Autumn: 89.84 days
As you can see, the warm seasons, spring and summer, combined are 7.573 days longer than the colder seasons, fall and winter (good news for warm weather admirers).<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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We can do this, ya\u2019ll! Make it through this last burst of winter’s grip.<\/span><\/div>\n
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And what\u2019s in store for us?<\/span><\/div>\n
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An even longer spring and summer!<\/span><\/div>\n
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This good news spurred me into action. Instead of hitting the couch, I hit the pavement and tackled another leg of my 5k training.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Today\u2019s gains?<\/span><\/div>\n
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Despite Father Winter breathing cold blasts into our faces, me and my fellow runner jogged a record two-point-three miles and finished off the session by walking another one-and-a-half miles!<\/span><\/div>\n
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How about you? How do the darker days affect you? How do you make it through the winter doldrums?<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
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Soon\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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