My Little Brother

So I got a call from my little (not really) brother tonight. You see, Scott and his wife Alison moved to Titusville, FL last year so we don't see each other very much, well actually maybe we see each other more now than when he lived here in Maryland. They came up for Christmas and we were able to spend some time together and they are now talking about coming up for Spring Break, so yeah, we see each other about the same. Oh, by the way, I don't have a picture of my brother so I put up a picture of my dog Solomon.

So anyway, Scott calls me out of the blue tonight to tell me that he played a double header softball game. He got on base a goodly number of times and played solid defense at 1st base. These are the first softball games he ever played. He said he had to call me because he was so overjoyed at playing! He was busting at the seams to tell someone... and he called me. Can I tell you how cool that was? The more I listened to him talk about the game, the happier I got just knowing the honor I felt. I used to call my mom all the time whenever the simplest cool thing happened and now my brother was calling me. Too cool. Really... too cool.

So now what about this picture, you ask? Yes, it's kind of Scott related, but maybe not. When Scott was finished telling me about his softball game I felt the need to inquire about the weather and how was it that he could play softball in February. (Sure, he's in Florida but it is February for crying out loud!) He said it got up to 80 degrees today. Certainly softball playing weather. This weekend, he'll return to Disney World for his billionth visit since moving down south. He sucks. This picture reveals that things were starting to bloom in January when we had our own 70 degree weather. But now things are different here in the Border State. The massively intelligent people at the weather service have proclaimed this the 2nd coldest February in the D.C. area on record. Only one other February in 1938 was colder. Our wind chill factor has temperatures down to 10 degrees below zero. Not exactly softball weather. My living room thermometer has us currently at 61 degrees. That's in my living room. 61 degrees. Downright warm when you walk in from outside. So anyway, flowers blooming in January and freezing dead in February. I'm still waiting for the big snow storm. If it's gonna be this freakin' cold, it damn site better snow! And a lot! frozen precip is in the forecast for Monday and Tuesday. Cross your fingers.