Diary 5//8/14

Went to bed good and tired last night, partly from some insomnia the night before, partly from a physical afternoon helping with a roofing project. Glad to see it is raining even though we have plans for the weekend. I am worried that like everything else this season, the end of the rain is going to come sooner than later. In this neck of the woods, the southernmost part of the Pacific Northwest, when June arrives, the rains stop and the temperatures warm up. This year, the temperatures have already bumped the record highs several times and seem to hover 5 or 10 degrees warmer than usual. With no or little snow pack, when the dry season starts, and the air does warm up, it may be a swelter situation. It will certainly be a drier summer than usual as there is no snow to evaporate which can help create summer rains.