Canadutch
That’s how long until the first day of Autumn. It sounds like a long time but it’s not really, and we’ve not even had a summer yet (we didn’t last year either). I want to go back to France, where it was warm and dry. Barring my horrid sunburn, I loved it there… and I only got the burn because I enjoyed being out in the sun so much!
I’ve always been chubby to some extent but I’ve always loved being out swimming, doing things with my friends and just generally being active. I loved the sun, I would lay in it for hours, spend every day I possibly could at the beach. Here in the Netherlands, what do I do? Stay inside with the blinds down and the fan on.
Ok yes, I had gained some weight since moving here but could it have made that much of a difference?? I’ve always wondered why suddenly I couldn’t move in the summer without sweating buckets. That the things I used to do and love in Canada now were a total misery because I had sweat trickling down my back.
Once I went to France and experienced the heat there, I realized what a dry heat actually is an that Holland is indeed just one big sweaty armpit of a country. It wasn’t all about me and my fat afterall!
So now here we are and it’s almost 7am and still pretty much dark outside because the sun is nowhere to be seen. It’s summer and I have to get up and turn my lights on. I don’t know whether to be happy or sad about this because we have only a few weeks left of summer, but when it is hot it’s wet and I don’t like that either.
It has rained almost the entire month of July, and the days it was sunny there was like 88% humidity, who wants to go out and do anything in that. Also, it was never consistently sunny. The day may have started out sunny but ended in rain, or started in rain and ended up sunny. Either way, we were never really able to make plans to go to the beach and keep them.
I really don’t think I’m going to see the beach this year, which sucks… because it’s the only time I’m happy in the summer in the Netherlands because there may be sun and sweat, but there’s also coooool refreshing water for me to dunk myself in.
Oh, and another little bitch about the rain. We decided to get a puppy before my parents come in October because we didn’t want to be going out walking the dog 100 times a day in the winter. We wanted time to get the pup and get her housebroken before my parents arrived.
Have you EVER tried to housebreak a puppy when it rains every day? She tries to fold herself up origami-style in any dry spot she can find and the walks are more like drag and whines. Not pleasant. I can’t poop when I’m distressed either!
It’s definitely making an already difficult task much worse.
Screw you Dutch weather. SKA-REW you!
It has rained every single day in Ottawa and you know how much we value summer here… winter and tons of snow will be coming soon enough.
Fuck.
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Oh god finally someone that sees what I see about the weather here! I’m also from Cape Breton Breigh, and I totally relate to what you have said… I’m SICK of the rain, I’ve just returned from 3 weeks in CB to visit my family, and to return to dark, rainy, humid weather was terrible… and kind of depressing….
Fingers crossed that we see some sun soon for both of us :)
I totally agree. Every time I get ready to go do something out in the sun, the clouds roll in. And if it is cloudy all day long, if the sun does get out, I have no motivation to step outside in the bucket of sweat that is Holland. I can’t wait to go back to New England this fall and hopefully have some normal weather!
Sonya – I’m so glad it’s not just me. A while back I complained about the humidity (a few years ago) and an Australian friend lectured me on how much more humid it is in places in Asia. I thought hrmm maybe it really IS just the weight I’ve gained. Now I know for SURE it really is a sticky mess here.
Marit – When I think of Ethiopia and Kenya I think HOT HOT HOT but it may not be so bad if it’s also DRY DRY DRY haha Hope you are enjoying your holiday!
Nicola – You know, for some reason I haven’t been reading your blog and I don’t know why! I must have forgotten to add it to my reader at some point and have been missing it. I’ve subscribed now so you’ll never get rid of me. That elephant is ADORABLE!!!!!!! Oh my word I totally want to make one! I’m jealous! I know only very basic quilting. Squares, Triangles and Rectangles. So I’d never be able to pull something like that off. Dammit!
I’ll have more pics of Pixel soon for you! :)
I’ve only visited more humid climates briefly, but I always remember how awful it is!! On a complete unrelated topic, I finally finished a quilting project on the weekend and wanted to share it with you. I know you don’t read my blog (least I think you don’t), but I always admire your projects and so I wanted to share one with you: http://inblognito.blogsome.com/2008/08/11/project-elephant-complete/
Also, would love to see more pics of that little cutie Pixel! Still can’t get over what an awesome name you picked out :-)
Yep, yucky yucky weather. I had worse when I lived in Louisiana, but so much better when I lived in Ethiopia and Kenya.
Dry heat just makes one feel SOOOOO much better!
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I can totally relate to you on this one. I am so sick of the sticky weather. It’s not a pleasure to go anywhere here when it’s like that..inlcuding the damn stores that refuse to put any A/C on! You hover between depression because there is no sun during the summer and relief when the warmth does go away because you are sick of feeling gross all the time. We had dry heat in California while we lived there for awhile and it does make a difference..it’s still hot but atleast your clothes are sticking to you. I’m originally from Oregon and it gets humid there but nowhere near what we get here. Im so grumpy about that.
Thats so funny about the puppy foldng up origami-style! LOL I feel for ya!
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