Yay, global warming!
All right, Mother Nature. This is getting mofo ridiculous. We laughed off the snow we woke up to on April 27th. When we had 80-degree weekdays followed by 55-degree rainy weekends throughout the entire month of May, we chalked it up to “Crazy Colorado Weather!” But…it’s now JUNE. It’s supposed to be SUMMER. The month is officially halfway over, and we haven’t seen a single 80-degree day yet. It was 45 degrees outside, like, a week ago. IN JUNE!
Not only that, but you keep dropping fucking tornadoes out of the sky! Last Sunday, a tornado actually skated through the outdoor mall where my children and I spend lots and lots of time. I saw on the news that my beloved Tokyo Joes is now OKYO JOES, and it looked like lots of trees had been sheared right off. Here’s Red Brick Pizza – glad I wasn’t there!
Pablo’s teachers were, though! We saw one of his teachers being interviewed on the news about the tornado, and the other one told us she’d been shopping at TJ Maxx and they ushered everyone into the bathrooms when the tornado came. She said her car was completely beat up from the hail. I can’t even imagine how bad it was 2 miles away at the mall, when these were falling on us here:
Paul took these pictures from our driveway, while I cowered in the basement with my frightened children:
Kayley and I visited Bed Bath & Beyond on Friday and noticed the D was missing from the sign, the cart corral was completely flattened, and the manager very bitterly described finding his car flipped upside down in the parking lot. But I was surprised to find that after only a week, almost all the stores have been reopened and the place looks almost completely cleaned up.
So, yeah, we GET IT. You’re in charge, Mother Nature. Just like those commercials from when I was a kid: “You don’t mess with Mother Nature!” Enough with the tornadoes already! Every DAY last week, we had rotten storms in the afternoon. Thursday, my kids had to duck and cover for AN HOUR in their classrooms! My kids are starting to roll their eyes and say, “Not again!” every time that ominous sounding siren starts to wail. I haven’t had my sprinklers on since MAY. And I have mushrooms growing in my yard!
As a Colorado native, I don’t get to say this very often, so I’m going to savor this moment: WE DON’T NEED THE MOISTURE. Give us a full day of sunshine! My kids want to go to the pool! Enough is enough, you crazy bitch! Let us have some seasonal temperatures! Pretty please?
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LaLaGirl is the mother of a teenager and two young sets of twins. She's happily married, loves living in Colorado, and writes almost daily about married life, raising multiples, and parenting a child with autism.
Amen.
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I was gonna Amen you, but that comment was taken and one must strive to be original.
I was hoping for warmth and sun when we returned from our vacation up north. We had snowball fights and everything while there! But, alas. It’s just raining away outside. And the grass is extraordinarily high!
We’ve had nutty weather in Texas too. A 100-degree day with a 20% chance of rain turned into tornado-complete thunderstorms. Bizarre.
However, if all you’re missing is heat, come on over. We have extra.
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I love how this post has a little advertisement for a Colorado vacation giveaway. Tornadoes? No thank you!
I’m seriously over this weather too! But hey! We need the moisture! Ha!
Yikes, that tornado is scary!! I’m over the rain too…
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