Spring Fever in CT

Okay, so it snowed last week and it'll probably snow again next week.

But ahhhhhhh.. today it was spring. 70 plus degrees... ahhhhhhh!

It'll be back in the 50s tomorrow. But today... ahhhhh!

My son had a hard day at pre-k. I think he had spring fever too. After school I loaded up the family truckster and we took a little beach break with his sister. It was like medicine.

Until my daughter lost her soccer ball in the surf. Don't ask.

I made a rookie mistake. I hesitated. As it kept drifting away in the wrong direction - towards Long Island, and away from Connecticut. There was that long, long moment of thinking - 'hell with it. I'll buy another. Soccer balls are cheap.' That didn't fly with the five year old. Hysteria broke out. It was like Wilson floating off to Bora Bora in the last 20 minutes of Castaway.

Only Tom Hanks was calmer.

Needless to say - I waded.

Memo to readers: it's takes more than six hours of 70 degree weather to heat up Long Island Sound.

How far out - more importantly, how high up did I have to go? Don't ask.

The good news.. soccer ball and little girl are reunited. How's my hypothermia? Thanks for asking... but, don't ask.