Glennis the weather-ruiner
My mother-in-law arrives from England today. I've come to believe that she is some kind of talisman of weather extremes,
You see, when she came (for three weeks!) in July of 2007, it was hotter than hell -- even for Montgomery in the summer. We're talking 95+ and ridiculous humidity: the kind of weather that makes most people (especially the Brits, who never see that kind of weather at home) extremely miserable the moment they walk outside. We told her it would be summer, and it was actually purgatory.
So, her next trip to the U.S. was for our wedding in Chicago at the end of March. We'd been hoping that it would be sunny and in the 50s for the week she was here. In reality, it was in the 20s and 30s, and it snowed several inches two days before the wedding. We told her it would be a cool spring, and it was the dead of winter.
So, she arrives today for two weeks, and we told her it would probably be between 55 and 70 most days (which is typical for AL in November). Ya, well, we're having record cold this week -- it was in the (upper) 20s when we left the house this morning, and it isn't supposed to get much above 50 through the weekend. Instead of Alabama in November, she's getting ... Massachusetts in November.
I have decided that it is her. And she has probably decided that I am purposely giving her incorrect forecasts sa as to make her pack inappropriate clothing and be too hot or too cold -- but never quite comfy -- when she's here.
Nice.
You see, when she came (for three weeks!) in July of 2007, it was hotter than hell -- even for Montgomery in the summer. We're talking 95+ and ridiculous humidity: the kind of weather that makes most people (especially the Brits, who never see that kind of weather at home) extremely miserable the moment they walk outside. We told her it would be summer, and it was actually purgatory.
So, her next trip to the U.S. was for our wedding in Chicago at the end of March. We'd been hoping that it would be sunny and in the 50s for the week she was here. In reality, it was in the 20s and 30s, and it snowed several inches two days before the wedding. We told her it would be a cool spring, and it was the dead of winter.
So, she arrives today for two weeks, and we told her it would probably be between 55 and 70 most days (which is typical for AL in November). Ya, well, we're having record cold this week -- it was in the (upper) 20s when we left the house this morning, and it isn't supposed to get much above 50 through the weekend. Instead of Alabama in November, she's getting ... Massachusetts in November.
I have decided that it is her. And she has probably decided that I am purposely giving her incorrect forecasts sa as to make her pack inappropriate clothing and be too hot or too cold -- but never quite comfy -- when she's here.
Nice.