It's May. Why Is It Still Raining?

The tulips have already bloomed.  The birthdays have been over for weeks.  There was Mother's Day.  Baseball games.  School is winding down.

But it sure doesn't feel like May.  It is colder and rainier here than it was in March.  Not only am I having trouble getting into my blogging groove, but my running is suffering, too.  Usually it is hot by now.  My kids are still wearing fleece pajamas.  I don't even know where my shorts are.

This fall was hot until November and now?  Spring hasn't even gotten started.

The pool opens in a few days.

I still feel super busy, no letting up of activities and obligations, either.  Today I go on Scott's field trip.  At least it is to see a show and not to a farm.  Tomorrow is Jane's last day of her first year of preschool.  I am crying already.

I am really looking forward to summer.  And that is really saying something.

Comments

[kyra]

i know! i was wearing my fleece and my down vest yesterday. oy.

and i'm right there with you and the blogging... i'm trying to jump start myself this week!

[Laura]

I hear you-I still have the heat on!! What is going on-we usually have the AC on by now! BTW, I my allergies have been worse than ever this year too. Hope to see you guys soon-let's try to hang out & bar-b-q soon :)

[Terry]

You won't be liking Summer when you are doing those long training runs...

[delilah]

I have been underdressing my kids lately, foolishly thinking it will get warmer as the day goes on. Not so. I just end up with freezing kids.

[Jordan]

I hear ya. I'm really having trouble grasping that all these late spring rituals are taking place when we still have temps in the 50s. But I know that one day soon we'll wake up and summer will have arrived overnight. I had hoped for a warmer spring after such a long, cold winter.

[Julie Pippert]

Summer arrived here on Sunday. Just in time for the pool party and grand pool opening (neighborhood pool).

That's *very* late for this region. To be cool in May? Able to wear long-sleeved tees? UNHEARD OF in Texas.

I hope your warmth comes soon.

Or just come visit the Gulf Coast before the real heat kicks in and hurricane season arrives. ;)

[slouching mom]

rainy and SO COLD!

[kristen]

Yes, I turned off the heat two months ago. We spent April and most of May with a space heater in the living room and extra blankets on the beds. Saturday we put the space heater in the attic and brought down the fan. I'm thinking that was a bad move.