Dreaming of sunny days

I dreamed I was on my way to a party at a restaurant, but the sun came out and the air was clean as after spring rain. I didn't want to go inside -- no one did. People were milling around on the sidewalks and in the park across the street, basking in the sunshine.

The cold rain has stopped today, but the sun is veiled behind a scrim of cloud cover. It's still cold, but a sunny day is forecast, warming to just above freezing. The sun will continue its languid effort at melting the snow piles. Just as well, as yesterday's hard rain turned the sidewalks to deep slippery mush, treacherous to walk on.

But I'm running late for work, dawdling in dreamed sunny warmth. It's March 1st.