Last year was horribly hot and dry here. We had record breaking heat streaks and next to no rain. We had to water our houses so our foundation didn't crack and cause structural damage. We were on a level 3 drought water restriction which meant we'd be fined for using over 10,000 gallons of water in a month, water any day other than our designated water day, wash our cars at home, or water any time 10AM-6PM. I sweat like CRAZY jogging at 7 AM.
We went ahead and splurged on a sprinkler system this year, anticipating it to be like last year. But we were wrong. And I guess I'm ok with that. Our sprinkler system can't hurt our home's value, and who knows what the future will hold for our weather.
It's been raining here quite frequently. Flooding in some places near us. I really don't mind when it rains during the week because it gives a little reprieve to the sweltering heat, means we don't have to water that much, and we don't have to worry about our garden. However, the weekend raining does put a damper on things like trying to mow your long grass that's actually grown because of the rain. It also produced a horrifying 2 years worth of flood water mosquitoes that are gigantic and aggressive.
Today as I was waiting for Matt to pick me up from work it was sprinkling again. I stood there and watched about 20 people pass me coming out of the building. Only 3 didn't have a comment about the weather. Some of the actual quotes that made me laugh were:
"Gosh, you'd think we're British!"
"Dagnabit! I'm not a duck! It needs to stop raining! I live someplace where it's not supposed to rain every day."
"The Ocean called. It wants its water back."
"Can it be any more balmy?"
Have they already forgotten the horrible cracks in our yards and foundations and the record breaking heat? Good heavens, it's true our water table is up from last year, but we're still considered in a drought.
I'll take the rain for now, even if it means a few mosquito bites and an overgrown lawn between opportunities to mow.
3 comments:
Do you want to send some of that rain up this direction? Because oh my, it's freaking hot here. And dry - Indiana is NOT supposed to turn brown in the summer time; it's supposed to stay green.
But then, if you need to keep it, I totally understand. Summer is, shall we say....difficult when it's hot and dry, and you're huge and pregnant.
It has actually been BEAUTIFUL here! Meaning that it only occasionally rains at night and the days have been beautiful! Hope you enjoy your rain (and less sweat).
We finally got to mow today. Yep. We couldn't mow until the hottest part of the day because the ground was too wet in the morning. Finally, a couple hours after we began we had 12--45 gallon!--bags full of grass. It will take 3 weeks of a full trash can of clippings before they're all gone!
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