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Patch Poll: What's Your Excuse to Miss Work On This Beautiful March Day?

Plants already think it's spring. Why shouldn't you?

Looking out the window today one might mistake it for April or maybe even May. But it's only March 13.

Give us your most creative excuse to miss work on an early spring day. Believability is optional – it's time for a spring fling, after all.

By this afternoon, we could be sitting at a record high somewhere in the mid 70s.
The National Weather Service says it's going to be more of the same above normal temperatures, upper 70s, this week.

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The record high for central Iowa for March 13 is 77, set in 2007.

Tell us in comments how you are spending the day and upload photos to the site.

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