Rain, rain GO AWAY!

There was only one thing worse than the fact that our internet was out for a week straight (flipping Comcast!) and that was the damned rain. It has rained practically nonstop for the last nine days. Generally, I enjoy a good thunderstorm, but this has been over a week of solid rain. There were a few breaks, but each of those days had a fair amount of rainfall. I think the total rain amount over that period was between 4-5 inches, which is a huge amount when you realize our usual annual rainfall is 8-15 inches.

This was just after the first rain storm when it rained *very* hard for 20 minutes.

Basically all of that was to say, I'm done with the rain! It has been a cool, wet, muddy and generally miserable week at work. The dogs, of course, have mostly loved it. I think even they are starting to get sick of being soggy all day too.

Mud puddles everywhere!

"What...is there something on my face?"

 To top it all off it snowed a good 4 inches or so last night into this morning. Everything was already massively saturated with moisture and the snow was heavy and wet. This is the kind of snow that snaps tree branches easily. So I got up today and took a broom out to shake the snow off the heavily weighted down lilac branches. Luckily, it looks like none of our trees or bushes sustained any major damage and the lilacs were done blooming.

You can see the heavy snow weighing down all the bushes and my dad helping clear them off.

Tomorrow's forecast is already looking up. At least for the next couple of days there is only a slight chance of more rain. In fact, Wednesday looks downright pleasant at 70 degrees and sunny. I could personally go for a few weeks without anything more than a brief thunderstorm or two. Local rivers and creeks are in danger of flooding and I don't think we want a repeat of the September 2013 flooding.

Not to mention all of this moisture has royally screwed up the interstate that I take to get to work. Somehow tons of the tar that's used to patch cracks and smaller holes has peeled up and made a mess on miles of the highway. And of course all of this moisture is just helping to create more and more potholes and preventing repairs.

I've never been a fan of summertime because I hate any temperatures over 75 degrees or so. Maybe it's because I was born in Alaska (though I only lived there for a brief four years), but I have never been a fan of hot weather. At this point though, I'm pretty much ready for the warmer temperatures. I'm tired of the snow (though today's has already pretty much melted away) and I am also tired of rain for now. Maybe I need to make a visit to the desert!