In year's past Indiana has had great weather in the summer. Well, I don't know that I'd say great - but more predictable. It would be pretty hot and muggy, and then every 3-4 days a storm would roll in and drench everything. There were summers where I never really had to water my garden because mother nature did it so well and so consistently.
And then a few years ago it was super hot and super dry and it was super weird. And we all complained and our lawns went brown and I had to worry about watering my garden enough.
But this summer? This summer all it has done is RAIN. It just keeps RAINING AND RAINING AND RAINING. We're talking record breaking, flood-inducing amounts of rain. And it's cool - my poor kids have only had one or two days in FOUR WEEKS of swimming lessons where they haven't frozen. (It's generally in the mid-60s around 10am, which is pleasant enough to be outside, but cold for swimming!)
You'd think the lawns would be happy, but they're starting to yellow with all rain. As is my garden - no amount of fungicide in the world is gonna save my tomatoes; I keep trimming and trimming back the diseased parts. They all look so sad and skinny. Fields are turning yellow. And my kids are going NUTS. As long as it's not thundering outside they're welcome to play in the rain, but it's been so cool they just don't want to. "It's too cold!!!"
Tonight there was a forced death march around the neighborhood, just to get them out of the house. The rain had stopped for a little bit and we were going to take advantage of it if it killed us! (Severe storms are coming in tonight...)
My kids are actually talking fondly of going out to Utah in a few weeks so they can actually be hot. "I want it to be 100 degrees every day!" Josh proclaimed as he shivered after swimming lessons.
It seems trite to complain about something as silly as the weather. But seriously.
SO. MUCH. RAIN.
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