Chipmunk Siting-My Hope for an Early Spring

I put more value into a chipmunk siting than I do that groundhog in Punxsutawney. Today our little rascal was scurrying around looking for food and chasing the birds away. It's a good sign, to me anyway, that spring is just around the corner.....right? My sister emailed me (from central California) that their trees are already leafing out and there are flowers on them. She said she was in tank tops already last week from the heat. Well, rub it in. She'll get hers when the summer comes and she is complaining of the 100+ temps.