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Ahh, yes.

There鈥檚 a certain something in the air, a certain clarity, a certain brevity, a certain鈥�.musk.

Deer are more prone to running around more freely.聽 Birds have returned to the area and have sung their songs in the wind.

It鈥檚 an interesting time on the calendar.聽 A time when things are dry and wet at the exact same time.

That time of the year when temperatures are up, there is more sun, and the snow is melting all around us.

We see more bone-dry highways than we do wet ones, we see more muddied up cars driving around, and we see a lot more people walking around in the daytime thanks to the calm exterior.

I do believe it is the right time to call it.

It鈥檚 sprinter.聽 Or wing.聽 You can call it either.聽 When it鈥檚 nooooot quite officially winter anymore but nooooot quite officially spring, you can call it whatever you like as long as both words have some representation.

Sprinter.聽 Wing.聽 I think I prefer the latter, though the former isn鈥檛 without its charm.

See, we鈥檙e not like many other places on the North American map because seasons like to overstay their welcome around these parts.聽 If I had any say in the matter, winter would last all of three months from December to February, and that鈥檚 it.聽 But I don鈥檛 have any say in the matter, and that鈥檚 that.聽 In reality, winter starts to show itself roughly around Halloween in these parts, and lasts until, well, what did I say up above?聽 And what week is it?聽 Middle of March?聽 Ah, okay.

It鈥檚 the season that overstays its welcome, in my opinion.聽 Luckily, we鈥檙e in that middle of the road scenario where it鈥檚 making an exit, albeit a slow one.聽 No worries.聽 Give it a week and it鈥檒l be drier.聽 Muddy, but drier, if that makes any sense.聽 And if you鈥檙e from Saskatchewan, it does make sense.

Just don鈥檛 ask me to take my SUV to the car wash for the next few weeks.聽 I might go unload a few bucks into it to blast off my wheel wells, but that鈥檚 really about it.聽 I live in rural Saskatchewan.聽 Truth is I鈥檒l take it 50 feet away from the nearest car wash and it鈥檒l be muddy again before I know it.

We鈥檙e in that period of weather now where wearing that heavy winter coat seems overly cautious, and yet going around wearing just a sweater doesn鈥檛 seem enough.聽 Ugh, you mean I have to go shopping, again?聽 For a 鈥渘ot quite winter, not quite spring鈥� item?聽 Fine, you win, Wacky Saskatchewan Weather.

Am I out of bounds for suggesting that retailers could be making a killing by jumping on this province鈥檚 weird weather patterns?聽 鈥淵ou鈥檝e made it through the harsh, snapping coldness of this past winter, but what鈥檚 this?聽 A new season?聽 Why, it鈥檚 not quite spring, it鈥檚 not even remotely summer, but it鈥檚 keeping the charm of this winter!聽 Zip into a whole new fashion wing, baby, you鈥檙e about to enter the Sprinter Zone!鈥�

If I鈥檓 being honest, something like 鈥榃ing Zone鈥� would鈥檝e sounded better, but that just made me hungry thinking of the words combined like that.

But if you want something even more unique to Saskatchewan at around this time of the year, watch what our clocks do.聽 Or rather, what they don鈥檛 do.聽 Yep, no changing times for us.聽 The only time that changes is the times that some TV shows come on, and it鈥檚 now earlier!

That鈥檚 right.聽 No more setting the DVR to record this or that late into the night.聽 I can now watch my shows at a reasonable time before hitting the hay.

Maybe some are just ignoring us because of how cool we are in this scenario.聽 Literally everybody else has to change their clocks, but not us.聽 Nope.聽 We鈥檙e too cool.

Of course, not falling in line with the rest of the country in having to do this has some drawbacks.聽 For one thing, hmmmm, no, that鈥檚 not it.聽 Neither is that one.聽 Hmmm, I guess there are no drawbacks to it.聽 Not having to do anything is pretty cool!

It may not be the biggest reason to celebrate, but hey, we may as well have something.

But one thing that isn鈥檛 very cool is the weather while we wait for the official shoe to drop on what season it is.聽 I don鈥檛 like mud and I don鈥檛 like puddles.聽 It just means more coins I have to scrounge together for the car wash.聽 Besides, I live in Conquest.聽 It just means my SUV is going to look basically the same when I get home every night from Outlook.聽 At least, until it鈥檚 drier.

I guess I keep playing the waiting game.

For this week, that鈥檚 been the Ruttle Report.