Oscar Wilde once said, "Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative." My response to that? Oscar had his own set of problems. ;)
Normally, rain doesn't bother me. I rarely see the need for an umbrella or raincoat or slicker of any kind. Getting a little damp from raindrops doesn't spoil my day.
We need rain now and then to settle the Kansas dust. And I'm sure that sometime mid-July or August, we'll be wishing it would rain. But 4+ days of it? Isn't that a bit of overkill?
And just why did this sudden drenching of our area have to happen during Spring Break? It's too cold and icky to send kids out to play. Mud brown would be the color of the day...all week. Then there's the risk of them getting totally drenched and coming down with this season's worst bug, just in time for break to be over. That would be punishing me, because guess whose house they'd be sent to when they're too sick to go to school? Yeah, that's right. If truth be told, five kids under the age of 10, cooped up in a small house for 4 days, is an invitation to bloodshed. I'm just not sure whose blood will be shed first.
Let's face it, I wouldn't have survived the 40 days and 40 nights of the "Great Flood" of Bible lore. After the first week, I'd have offed myself. I probably wouldn't do well in Seattle, either, although it's on my Top 5 list of places where I'd consider living. Still, I like a little rain, and after last summer's drought, it really would be nice to see the river at higher levels. The wide expanse of sandbars is disturbing. The benefits of rain, in addition to dust-settling, is nice, too. Daffodils are in abundance, while the plethora of flowering Bradford Pear trees are breathtaking and something that usually don't happen for a few weeks farther into the year. At least those things can be enjoyed. This incessant rain can't. I should be happy that it isn't snowing, because it's been known to do that...as much as 12 inches. Ahhhhh, Spring!
Summer will soon be here--the temps did hit 80 before the sky decided to open up and drench us--and there's no doubt I'll complain about the hot weather then, just as much as I'm complaining about the rain now. Honestly, if I'd had the pleasure of just returning from a long vacation in Tahiti (does that still exist with that name?), I'd be jabbering on about the beach and the sun and the weather. With my luck, it would be raining there, too.
Back to CCR and Who'll Stop the Rain...
Stay dry! Stay warm! And wait out whatever weather has befallen you. It'll change. On that we can count. :)
Bad weather always looks worse through a window. ~ Tom Lehrer
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