Rain Rain Go Away!

I still hold firm to the belief that rain is nice because when it is raining it isn’t snowing. The point here being that I don’t live in the bitter, bitter Northeast anymore and even when the weather here is “bad,” it doesn’t compare to the soul-killing winters of New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, etc. and this princess likes that she doesn’t live in those parts anymore.

But to get back to the point, rain can be nice and the winters in California are also nice, but there is a limit to what one can stand! It has been raining and raining and raining and raining for weeks and weeks now. I’ve had a hard time finding confirmation of these outrageous statistics but some have told me we have had 150% of “normal” rainfall this year. I’ve also been told that March was the wettest March ever. I don’t know if they measure that by rainfall or number of rainy days or what, but it definitely has been quite a while since we’ve had a dose of sunshine. I need my Vitamin D! And they say April is going to be wetter than March was. :( Right now the ten-day forecast has ten solid days of rain with one little lonely “partly cloudy” day in the middle. And this is after the weeks of constant rain we’ve had already.

In spite of the rain I went for a walk yesterday. Just about every street had substantial streams coursing along the gutters (with several containing standing water perfect for hydroplaning), picnic tables were in the lake several, streets had standing water, not a soul was found playing outside and all sorts of other rain related misery was strewn about. We can’t plant anything and the ground is so saturated I don’t see how it will take any more water. And then there is the bit about the hill behind our house. Let’s just hope the engineers and the erosion control stand up to this serious test. And don’t even mention tennis, biking, running, swimming, camping or any other fun outdoorsy activity. I’m a total pansy – I love playing outside, but don’t like it when the weather is unlovely. I want it lovely again!!

On the plus side, water supply is always an issue in thirsty California so I guess the rain and snow pack are good on that end. And the sound of the rain is quite soothing – particularly up in my studio where it pounds on the skylights and lulls my clients into sleep. I still want it to stop though, and soon!