another weekend

oh I just can't wait for summer!

Interviewed two babysitters yesterday.  It's almost a constant chore.  Took Travis to the airport at 4 this morning.  Took the kids..they didn't sleep much, but were good.  If the weather cooperates, he'll be coming back tomorrow night with our little Cessna.  I would like to think of going up into the air on Monday, but he still has one or two more flights before he has his license and then one more flight with an instructor in our plane, specifically.  So, I guess maybe a month or so.  Again, the weather will have to cooperate.  The weather here sucks.  It's like early Fall.... all the time. Ok. so we have 2 nice months of summer. Wooptey-doo.  Thank God we're moving at the end of June.  We've been waiting for this move since we showed up here.  People have interesting ways of describing the weather here...mild, beautiful, rainy, rarely snowy, fantastic summers and a long, warm Fall.  Talk about a bunch of optimists.  If you are thinking of moving to this part of Washington, to the west side of the mountains, a more accurate description is dark, wet, dreary, rain forest-like. Evidently, weather is like movies, you can get completely different perceptions on it.  But honestly, you should be warned that such phrases as 'sun-breaks' are used by the weather reporters here.  I just knew as soon as I heard that coming out of my t.v., I was doomed.  'Sun-breaks'...wow, and it really is true-if the sun manages to shine down through all the hovering pine trees (which only have greens near the top as there are way too many of them)  don't blink an eye!  Take off all your clothes and rush over to the window and get all of the vitamin D processed as possible...it will be a long time before that happens again.  Oh, and don't worry, nobody will notice you standing there naked in the window, everyone will be looking toward the sun.

Well, it always feels great to complain about the weather here.  Some people find complaining to be negative and nonconstructive, but when it comes to the weather, I find it to be quite liberating.  Oh, something great this morning driving home from the airport.  I asked the girls if they could see the moon out the window, and Madeline says "yes, we need a space shuttle!" If only it was that simple.  I love kids...I think it's their matter-of-fact opinions and endless smiles.