After living in Seattle for two and a half years, I thought I would be happy if I never saw another raindrop again. I was wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.
Do I want the wearying, depressing month after month of constant rainfall and grey skies back? No. Do I want just some tiny dent made in our 10" rain deficit? Oh my STARS, yes. I am so bloody tired of the sun.
I feel like I'm in that episode of the Twilight Zone where the earth is moving closer to the sun, and everyone is dying of heatstroke and all of my paintings are going to start melting off the canvas. You know, because I'm just knee deep in paintings over here. At what point am I going to wake up from this nightmare and realize that we are actually drowning in an endless deluge of monsooning rain?
What is even more frustrating is that our neighborhood seems to be in an entirely separate climate from the rest of the greater Charleston area. When we went to Myrtle Beach, we drove home in such heavy rainfall that Colby was driving below the speedlimit and we were struggling to see the brake lights of the cars directly in front of us. We were in that downpour until we were about 10-15 minutes from our house, then we came home and watched on the radar as the massive storm skirted right around us and dumped all over the rest of the city and surrounding towns.
On Tuesday night, I had to come downstairs to sleep on the couch so that my nutcase dogs wouldn't jump out of their skin with all of the thunder and lightning that was crashing overhead, but nary a drop of rain deigned to grace our yard. When Colby drove to work, he discovered that the rain had started about 3 miles away from us.
Is this some kind of clever punishment for my lack of appreciation for the Emerald City while I lived there? Am I condemned to a life of exorbitant water bills and plants that slowly wilt, crumble, and die--shrieking silently in their death throes--as I look to the skies and beg for the rain to fall?
WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS ARID MADNESS!!!!
This made me laugh! We were getting rain every day for a while, and I was so ready for it to stop. Now we are in the same position as you. The grass is getting crunchy.
Posted by: Melissa B | July 07, 2011 at 03:50 PM
LOL! We constantly watch the radar here in TX, too, and hold our breaths as the green blob moves ever so conveniently right around us and we see nothing come of it. SO FRUSTRATING! We actually got a short rain (like 5-10 minutes, maybe?) last night, but it hardly counts. We are in such a drought here that it's just miserable. And the 100+ degree days that are just on endless repeat don't really help, either. So...I feel your pain. :)
Posted by: Julie | July 07, 2011 at 06:09 PM
Goodness. I can't say I know what this is like, as it's rained some here in Louisiana, but it is certainly miserable when you're just dealing with the sun, the heat and the humidity with no rain to break it up. Here's to hoping some rain clouds form over your yard next time! (And SOON!)
Posted by: Erin @ The Speckled Palate | July 07, 2011 at 07:30 PM
I love Charleston. Just wait a couple of months when the hurricanes really start up. Every. Single. Hurricane is destined to hit Charleston dead on. I grew up a few hours south (also on the coast) and dealt with plenty of hurricanes growing up. I've never experienced news/weather coverage quite as overblown as Charleston's coverage of hurricanes.
However, you'll eventually get more rain.
Posted by: Dana K | July 07, 2011 at 08:43 PM
LOL. You are too funny! I hope you get the rain soon to ease your pain and that of your dying plants. I probably shouldn't complain about heat anymore since it's not really that hot here...but it's in my nature. Sending rain wishes your way!
Posted by: Solange | July 08, 2011 at 12:02 AM
You are one funny lady!
It's kind of weird that you're not getting ANY rain. It's raining daily here! Now, I know Chattanooga & Charleston aren't super duper close, buuuuuuuuuut...
Hope the clouds open for you soon.
A Foreign Land
Posted by: Molly | July 08, 2011 at 03:03 AM
Two words: RAIN DANCE. (You know, teach the dogs.)
Posted by: Kate P | July 08, 2011 at 04:32 AM
Yeah, it's been crazy dry in a lot of places around the country! Hope y'all get some rain soon :)
Posted by: Angela Noelle | July 08, 2011 at 02:34 PM
Isn't the radar so mesmerizing? What kills me is how HUMID it is, even though we're in an incipient drought, haha!
Posted by: Angela Noelle | July 08, 2011 at 02:35 PM
Thanks girl!!! Ask and ye shall receive! We've actually had a whole morning of rain today--yay!
Posted by: Angela Noelle | July 08, 2011 at 02:35 PM
Haha, yeah, I grew up in Louisiana, so I'm used to hurricanes. But I'm also used to a LOT more rain than this! But we're getting some this morning, so hopefully things are turning around :)
Posted by: Angela Noelle | July 08, 2011 at 02:36 PM
Oh yeah, delegation!
Posted by: Angela Noelle | July 08, 2011 at 02:36 PM
I think it has something to do with us being close the the coast... it's like it either rains further inland or just skips right out to sea. But we've probably gotten at least an inch of rain this morning, so I'm a happy girl ;)
Posted by: Angela Noelle | July 08, 2011 at 02:37 PM
Hey, everything is relative! And thanks for your rain wishes--they worked!
Posted by: Angela Noelle | July 08, 2011 at 02:38 PM
my grandparents house is kinda like that, on numerous times there has been rain in their backyard but not their front. It got to the point where they took the grass out of the front yard because they had to water it 3x more often.
Posted by: Chessa | July 08, 2011 at 05:33 PM
It hardly ever rains here. I miss weather in general.
Posted by: Heidi | July 12, 2011 at 07:49 PM