It's like we're being taunted with spring by getting a nice day here and there. It sounds like your weather might be worse than what we've had because the flurries-hail-flurries thing didn't last for very long. I'm hoping for a nice, but not too hot summer because it gets too humid here.

I always felt that my mom was overprotective but by the time I was 15, I had a lot of freedom. You're definitely correct that not letting her leave the house doesn't prepare her for real life.