... I miss you.
Every year Alberta's weather test my loyalty to Canada, and every year I almost get fed up enough to want to seek out warmer cities... almost.
Truth be told, I love Canada, I love Alberta, and Edmonton is growing on me :p This is my home and always will be, I won't leave, but I can still threaten to pack my bags on cold or rainy days. And this summer has had a lot of them.
Looking at the weather report the last few days has just been more and more depressing as the days progress. On Monday:
Monday - Rain
Tuesday - Cloud
Wednesday - Hot Sun
Thursday - Awesome Happy Sunshine
Friday - Holy Crap it's Gorgeous out
Saturday - Break out the BBQ It's awesome out here!
On Tuesday:
Tuesday - We lied, it's going to rain today too
Wednesday - Cloudy and Windy
Thursday - Today will be warm, we promise!
Friday - You're gonna love the weather today!
Saturday - You can still have the BBQ party!
On Wednesday:
Wednesday - Okay, It's going to rain today too
Thursday - Still rain, but we promise it'll get better after today!
Friday - Cloudy with a little sun - still do-able!
Saturday - Maybe bring a sweater, but it'll still be nice!
... and so on and so on.
I seriously wish the Weather people would stop getting my hopes up. Just say it - "Rain every day. It will be cold, it will be windy, it will be miserable, and if you want to have any sort of social life, just pack an umbrella and deal!" So that when it's actually sunny we are pleasantly surprised, rather than let down that once again we awake to find water on the ground again.
Ben told me a horrible stat this morning - of the last 43 days, 33 of them have been Raining. Seriously? It's July! I fully expected this in June, having come from Calgary, where June tends to be the "rainy month" where the river overflows and basements flood every year (I still cant believe when people are surprised each year), but come July - the sun comes out, dries everything up, and gives Alberta residents enough sun to keep them happy, and completely forget about all the crappy weather we deal with the other 11 months of the year.
But here we sit - July 15th. I'm sitting in a tank top, skirt, and flip flops (wishful thinking on my part), and I'm seriously considering a coffee just to warm me up a little bit. Outside my window is wind and dark grey clouds, and although the weather forecast isn't projecting rain... I feel it's probably imminent.
Last Friday, I had a client come to me for Hair and make-up for a wedding she was a bridesmaid in. Once she left my studio polished and done up, she ran to her car (in the rain) to head to the wedding. A couple days ago, she sent me pictures for my portfolio, the first line in the email reading "The rain completely destroyed my hair...." *sigh*
Later that night we had a Hot Tub party on our Deck to celebrate my sister in law's Birthday - in the wind and the rain. It actually turned out pretty fun because the cool wind combined with the warmth of the water felt pretty awesome - but running errands and getting groceries for the party ahead of time wasn't awesome.
I'm such a Summer Baby - I need the sun. We're already more than half way through summer and I don't feel like it's even begun yet! It's kind of depressing though - come september the days will get shorter, the weather greyer and colder.... that's a month and a half away!
I'm begging you Mother Nature, please bring the Sun out everyday from here until September. If you need me to tough it through the -30, the snow and the sleet, then I need you to do this for me. I'll even brave the mosquitoes, if it means I can spend time outside without a hoodie or jacket in tow.
My Rain Poncho has had more use this summer than my sunblock - clearly this needs to be rectified immediately.
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