I’ve had enough now, this dreary weather is depressing me. I’ve lost track of the last time we had a whole 24 hours without rain and the forecast for the next week isn’t looking too hot either.
I hereby demand the cessation of all downpours and the beginning of a proper summer for the following reasons:
- Our back garden is now a swamp – if I step onto the lawn, my foot sinks into about 2 inches of rain water and mud. I could successfully grow rice out there. “It’s good for the garden” is a myth, unless your hobby is competitive mudwrestling.
- I risk my neck everytime I enter our hallway with the constant trip hazard of drying shoes, umbrellas, pushchairs and coats.
- Their outdoor toys are going to waste. At the beginning of May, both boys got a fair few outdoor themed birthday gifts: a slide, a playhouse, a bike, a scooter, and some battery operated bubble blowers. So far, they’ve only been able to look at them longingly through the rain spattered windows.
- The kids are going stir crazy. Two growing boys being stuck indoors when there’s exciting things to be doing outside is not a recipe for happy families. Trust me on this.
- I’M going stir crazy. I’m turning into the screaming harridan from hell due to aforementioned kid craziness. And there’s only so many changes of clothes you’re prepared to do after “fun” puddle jumping sessions.
- The electric bill is not looking healthy – two to three loads of washing a day (much of it generated by previously mentioned puddle activities) and no drying space … you do the maths.
- Despite all the rain, you just KNOW the hosepipe ban will still stand – well, it will, won’t it?!
- I’m sick of doing the snail slalom along the footpaths – this is where you have to swerve all over the place with the pushchair to avoid listening to the sickening crunch of shell on the permanently puddled pavements.
- I have a bad cold AGAIN – c’mon … it’s time to kill the bugs off … give us some SUN!
- Our car is too small – If the rain carries on like this for much longer, I don’t think I can fit two of every type of Earth’s animals into the Micra…
Over to you. Can you think of any more?…
4 responses so far ↓
1 Alina // 24th May 2006 at 9:58 am
Send some over this way will ya? :) It’s the everything in moderation thing we need really. Too much heat, too much rain.. not enough.. But never just enough.
2 Pewari // 24th May 2006 at 10:11 am
ALINA! Good to see you :) Was about to blog wondering where you’d gone and if you were okay :) Nice to see your site back up too!
3 tangerinecath // 24th May 2006 at 1:57 pm
11. I put weed and feed on my lawn a just before the rainfest started and now the bloody grass won’t stop growing… it’s already up to the cat’s shoulders in places and I may lose him permanently if THE BLOODY RAIN DOESN’T STOP so that I can cut it (we have a swampy quagmire problem too – no way I can cut the lawn until we’ve had no rain for at least 24 hours).
4 Lisa // 25th May 2006 at 11:59 am
It’s lovely here today. Hooray!
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