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So, one of the reasons that we love, love, love living in NM is the fantastic weather. Four seasons (rainy, winter, windy and summer). Moderate temperatures (not so-hot-that-small-animals-explode-in-your-front-yard hot like Phoenix, not cold-and-grey-for-months like the Midwest). Dry and clear days with blue skies. What's not to love.

Which brings us to today. Actually, the past week. It's 2 May. Look at your calendar and it will confirm. Do not look out our windows for confirmation. It's sleeting. Yes, snow and sleet and grey skies and ick. In May. And has been chillly and wet and blech for the past three days. It's 74 degrees in Ohio/Indiana (per reports that i've gotten) and we have this mess. We're to be in Ohio in a couple weeks and, no doubt, the good weather will have passed in the Midwest. We'll bring the grey, chilly, dampness with us and leave NM to be sunny and blue and clear.

I'm not usually so grumpy but polar fleece the last month of school? Who's great idea was that? Then again, the kids aren't wearing polar fleece. In fact, they're not wearing sleeves at all. They urge me to "go get the car and pick us up" so that they don't have to go out in the ick, being able to pass from the heated church/school to the heated car. It's nice that we can make life as comfortable as it is for them. It's good to be 12 and/or 15!

I'd hoped to take a walk this afternoon and look at all the pretty flowers coming out (it being spring and all) but the storm that blew in talked me out of it. Maybe i'll just light a fire, drink hot milk and read my book. Not a bad consolation. I'll just pretend that it's November....

Off to read and pretend to be countind down the days 'til Christmas. Hohoho