O. M. G. The. Heat.

My grandma's twin brother was in town this weekend with his wife, son, and son's girlfriend.  Ok, not in my town but in my hometown.  So of course I went home for the family barbecue.  The high today was 93.  With 77% humidity and a 110 heat index.  The drive home is about an hour.  I don't have air conditioning in my car.  Have I mentioned that before?

My brain is so fried right now that I have already forgotten what this post was about.  Oh yes, the heat.  The drive with no AC wasn't so bad because I got a breeze from having the windows down.  And even though the kids were in and out of my grandparents house that wasn't so bad either.  It was later when we went over to Iowa to fill up my gas tank.  Thanks Grandma and Grandpa.

Even though I was back last weekend for the 4th the only trip we made into town was to get fireworks (my roomies parents live south of town and in the country) so I hadn't seen the flooding yet.  When we crossed the Platte River I noticed that you could see the moisture in the air.  It wasn't foggy necessarily but there was definitely moisture in the air.  And yes, I live in Nebraska it is humid all the time but this was a new one for me.  The dew point was 82.  Crazy Business, I tell ya.

And the flooding, the water is actually starting to go down.  but it is still crazy.  Even though I knew they were there it was weird to see the sandbags along the highway.  And there were pumps everywhere to attempt to keep the water under control.

I feel like this post is all over the place and I didn't really update on the flooding. And I forgot my camera so I couldn't take any pictures.  Boo.  But yeah, it was really hot and EXTREMELY humid and my poor poor Max.  I had to give him a cold water bath when we got home because he was so hot.  Ok guys, random post over.  Sorry about all the ands in this last paragraph.  My brain is seriously mush right now.

Finally Feeling Like Spring!

This past week the weather has been pretty great. Blue skies and sunshine! I am really liking this!

The other thing that comes with spring in the mid west though is severe weather.  So far we haven't had much rain or severe weather but it is unavoidable.  The skies change, the air cools and it even smells different. You can feel the rain coming.  And seriously as I am typing this I just heard thunder.  Or maybe it was just a loud car outside. It could be either.

Back to the weather.  It changes quickly and it can get pretty scary.

This storm came in very quickly.  We were out shopping and on the way to the stores the thermometer in the car said it was 100.  Then it cooled way down and started pouring rain.  The wind was also very strong.

This is the sunset after the storm.  Pretty spectacular.

Last spring/summer we got lots and lots of rain.  Which caused flooding like I have never seen before.

You can usually see sandbars in this river!  It was so high that peoples basements were flooded.  Some people even lost access to the road so they had to use a boat to get to the road.

I have lived in this same area of Nebraska for 16 years in July and I don't ever remember flooding like this.  Maybe some higher than normal water levels but never flooding.

Right now while the weather is nice, before it gets unbearable, I am going to enjoy it. And be grateful that it is not so hot that I can still drive with my windows down since my air conditioning doesn't seem to be working.

Spring in Nebraska

Last week it was 76 degrees outside.

  Today its snowing.  I am SO over the snow.  I know I live in Nebraska and the weather can and often does change quickly but I just want it to be spring all ready.  I miss the warm weather and the past few weeks seem like a nasty tease.

Ok, lets be honest.  I am over the snow before it even starts.  I like pretty much everything about living in Nebraska except the snow.  I do like winter sports.  But we don't get enough snow here to do much of anything.  Mostly the snow just makes driving a pain.  Since we had the warm weather the snow isn't sticking to the roads but I still don't like it.