"It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall..."- Bob Dylan
I looked out my office window yesterday and... yes that's right. The sun was actually out. Not only was it out, but it stayed out all day. Children were running around frightened in the streets and pets sought shelter from the mysterious glowing object in the sky. I nearly took the top off my Jeep, but then I came back to my senses. Yesterday was the first day in what seems like weeks without at least a little rain. I think Father's Day was nice all day, but it was sandwiched between torrential thunderstorms in the evenings before and after.
My sister lives in the Seattle area where it reportedly rains more than just about anywhere. I've heard varying reports on how much of that is reality vs. myth, but suffice to say, the threat of constant rain has been enough to keep me from entertaining thoughts of moving to the area. Now I am beginning to wonder if it could possibly be any wetter out West than it is here in VT. It's not as though it has rained every minute -- but there has been a constant threat pretty much every day in June. And while I usually don't let the weather dictate my activities -- these have been substantial thunderstorms and they really do put a damper on playing outside.
After yesterday I was encouraged and took a look at the forecast -- it seemed promising. But today it has all changed again and we're back to our soaking reality -- the winds are picking up and as you can see from the weather map, another hard rain is about to besiege northern VT. Lauren and I were talking about doing a long bike ride sometime in the next couple of days, but how can I compete against this forecast?
I ordered a soft top for my Jeep a couple weeks ago, and was expecting it this week. Sadly, it is now back ordered until the first week in July. Even more sadly, I'm not bummed out because I probably can't use it until then, anyway. I'm sure that like any good Newenglander I'll be telling people three weeks from now how we could really use some rain because we've had nothing but sun since the beginning of July, but for today, I say no mas! I am all stocked up with the constant rain. Time for a stretch of decent weather!That's it for now -- I need to go roll up my windows.
