Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Whoever is doing the Raindance... STOP!

Mia woke up from her nap at 1330. By 1430 I had fed her lunch, lathered her and myself in sunscreen, squeezed us both in bathing suits and coverups, packed the pool bag with snacks, water, more sunscreen, towels, toys and swimhat/swim goggles for Mia, AND ran to Target and bought an inflatable floating device for Mia. Coming out of Target I noticed dark clouds over the previously bright sky. Then on our way to the pool, it started to rain. We drove around Bountiful, killing time, waiting for the rain to clear up, thinking we would still be able to go the pool, but alas, the rain did not clear up, in fact the wind picked up and the temp dropped 12 degrees according to my very accurate (I'm sure) temp gauge in my car. So despondently and reluctantly, I headed back to my place, moved my porch flower pots to at least catch some rain, and put everything back inside, including Mia. We sat on the porch, still in swimwear, hopeful still the rain would stop, but the rain did not stop. So we went inside and watched the weather channel to learn there would be the "possibility of scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and evening." Game over, I thought and changed Mia out of her adorable swimsuit, redressed myself in regular clothes, unpacked the bag and made it a regular diaper bag again, and noticed the sun was shining outside again... wouldn't you know the "scattered thunderstorm" already passed and the clouds are gone and now the day is pool-worthy again, but I no longer feel like packing up the swim bag, changing Mia and myself, and going to the pool. Mother Nature can be a real bee-yotch sometimes.