It’s Thursday, but it feels like it could be Monday or Tuesday. My days have been off, and my body and spirit have been off, as well.

The calendar announced Spring’s arrival last week, but in reality, the weather continues to perform with unpredictability as it always has, much like it’s a young toddler trying to remain upright in a bouncy house while surrounded by hyper, Mountain Dew filled middle schoolers. Just because we’re nearing April doesn’t mean the weather will behave in a springlike fashion, and once again, we’re in a normal state.

My friend, Jeff Carter, posted this interview from NPR regarding children with cell phones. It makes a good deal of sense to me, and it was one with which I struggled when my sons were in middle school.

“Consequences of a Smart Phone Centered Childhood.

We’re sitting at 28 degrees at 6:30 AM and we’re promised a climb to 53 degrees by 5 PM. The sun is projected to play hide-and-seek with us all day.

It is time to move along with my day.

Make it a great day!

“Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost, 1964

I have been one acquainted with the night.

I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.

I have outwalked the furthest city light.

I have looked down the saddest city lane.

I have passed by the watchman on his beat

And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet

When far away an interrupted cry

Came over houses from another street,

But not to call me back or say good-bye;

And further still at an unearthly height,

One luminary clock against the sky

Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. 

I have been one acquainted with the night.