"changing everything carefully"

Spring is like a perhaps hand 
(which comes carefully 

a window,into which people look(while 
out of Nowhere)arranging 
people stare

carefully there a strange 
arranging and changing placing 
thing and a known thing here)and


changing everything carefully

( -from "Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand" by E. E. Cummings)

With classes and Orthodox Lent coming to an end and spring arriving, things are taking a turn. Change is carefully and thoughtfully creeping up on me; I'll soon not be studying Greek till my eyes feel like they're going to pop out of my head, won't feel so cooped up and restless, and won't be reading because I've been assigned it.

I'm stressed out of my mind about a Greek test, but I'm trying to slow down and not letting it consume me; giving myself the time for the things I love (hence the blog post I'm writing) and for feeling happy and at peace.

Knowing I need to spring clean and take care of some last minute school assignments, but taking time to enjoy the arrival of spring for a cup of tea's time.

Yes, I've finally jumped on the adult coloring book bandwagon. It's certainly very calming, as well as rewarding. It also gives me something to do with my hands. 

It's these small things that constantly remind me that while I'm still living in the quiet of winter, spring has arrived. And in the next few weeks, the change will not be so careful, and I'll be launched headfirst into the warmth and joy of spring weather.