Soggy week
May 18, 2007
Hello Possums. This morning I woke up to the warm sound of steady rain. We have had gorgeous rain on and off all week. The funny thing is, although we need and want the rain, I have mixed feeling about the the timing of it.
The CONS: My eldest daughter has been on school camp all week, camping in tents and doing activities such as surfing and bushwalking – outdoor activities. I have to pick her up at five o’clock this afternoon, and I’m looking forward to seeing her again, but I predict that she won’t be her normal chirpy self. I think she will have had a wet, miserable week. She is more likely to be complaining than raving about the experience. We’ll see.
On top of that, the three loads of washing I hung out on the line on Monday are still out there! We’ve had so much rain that they haven’t had a chance to dry. I might have to take out the white flag soon, and bring them in. Another go on the spin cycle is probably in order.
The PROS: We need the water, no question. There is never a wrong time for it to rain anywhere in Australia. AND, personally, the rain brings with it added excitement for me, because on Sunday I will be competing in my first slalom kayak race. The rain this week will lift the river level and I’m guaranteed some good paddling!
Oh the laundry! Where does it all come from? My ironing pile is endless. My husband once told me the British Museum called because they want to carry out a dig…on my ironing pile.
Hmm…it’s still there. Smart comments like that don’t get his shirts ironed.
I agree. I have six named washing baskets that I use to sort our washing into whats-is-whose. It is then the owners responsibility to put their stuff away or iron it if they wish. Suffice to say, not much ironing goes on in our house.
I hang shirts to dry on coat hangers on the line so they dry fairly crease-free anyway.