Doin' a Rain Dance

As much as I normally despise rain, at this point, I probably WOULD do a Rain Dance... if I only knew how.

Since April, I think we've had less than a fortnight of rain. Yes, folks, ENGLAND is having a DROUGHT!! You'd almost think that would be impossible, wouldn't ya?

But on top of that, we're having a record-breaking heatwave. I can't remember a day in the last month - at LEAST - when it wasn't at LEAST 75 outside.

I nearly passed out from heatstroke late this morning because of it. I was in Chloe's nursery, picking her up, and I could feel my head going fuzzy and my skin felt like it was on fire. I was dripping with sweat on nearly every part of my body, and I knew that if I didn't go outside, I was going to black out. It was being INSIDE that was making it so bad.

I'm seriously feeling almost like I did back home in Chicago. I say "almost," because even though we're in a country that USUALLY gets something like 300 days of rain a year, when it's not raining, it's not very humid. I don't know if that has anything to do with the fact that we live in a coastal town or what, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that the (excluding this year, of course) rare hot days we do get aren't very humid, and therefore are usually not too bad to deal with (depending on just HOW hot we get, of course).

But it's feeling just as warm right now as back home did, on a "normal" summer day. Not those oh-my-god-we're-gonna-die-100+ degrees-for-a-whole-month kinda summers.

All this sun is good for the housework, though. *lol* I can get laundry done any time of the day or night, because I don't have to worry about it getting rained on!!!

The Curse of Being a Crafty Person

Yes, sometimes it's a curse... although I have to admit that sometimes, it's an absolute life-saver. Or... well... sanity-saver, anyway.

I found a great online store that sells all kinds of craft materials (Crafts, Etc.), and they have the hooks that I've been wanting for MONTHS!!! AND they do international shipping!!! Yeah, Baby! *lol*

Here comes the curse... they'll ONLY do international shipping on orders OVER $25. Okay... no biggie. With the conversion, that'll only come out to like £15 or so (not including the shipping, of course).

So I'm browsing around, seeing what I might want to buy... and what pops into my head???

CHRISTMAS!!!

It's frigging JULY, for cripes sake! And I'm thinking CHRISTMAS!!!!

What the heck is wrong with me?

Okay, okay.... so it's not THAT crazy, when you stop and think about it. I really would like to give everybody in my family (and I have a LOT of family!!!!) a gift this year, even if it's just something small. And I've gotten so into my crocheting lately that it's just a given that it'll be something hand-made. And I know my family - they'll all appreciate the work that goes into making something, because they've all seen me at one point or another actually in the process of making it. And since I DO have such a large family, it only makes sense that I'd start thinking about buying Christmas present supplies now, especially with our financial situation (we be po').

But geeze.... thinking about CHRISTMAS in JULY????

There just seems something inherently wrong about that.