But not nearly enough. And getting colder if the forecasts are to be believed.

 

The sun was shining all weekend. Saturday was mostly spent inside either a car or a shopping center (except for the excursion at the rest stop with the view tower), but even then, I enjoyed the warm sunshine immensely, my skin absorbing the energy from the rays of the sun. Shorts! And a teeshirt! No socks! For the first time this spring 🙂 The wonderful feeling of waking up from the winter hibernation. Of being alive. Of being warm! Even the evening was still warm – but the night time reminded that it’s still only May.

 

Sunday was still warm and sunny. Except when it was thundery. It was a weird sensation to look out of the window and see a clear blue sky, sun shining thru the window, but hearing the thunder. My morning with the kids was as slow as our weekend mornings usually are, so it way beyond noon before I even considered draggin them out. Sometime during the early afternoon the clouds had gathered above us and it really ticked me that when I finally had the chance to go out, it looked like it was gonna rain.

 

But after the late lunch, when the time to decide whether to take the kids bicycling or not, the sun had already won the clouds again and so off we went to a park a couple kilometers from us, to meet some friends there. Wind had risen and as we were clead in shorts, tees and sandals only, I was afraid we’d really freeze after all. But the park was nice and warm, the wind not getting there, the sun shining and warming us – and I’m not so pale anymore 🙂 Can’t call this a tan yet, but it’s a start. I hate being so pale after the winter!

 

On our way home a new thunder was rising. Not fully, at least not over us, but enough to make the weather real cold again. And, getting colder. Today is not nearly as warm as yesterday. And tomorrow will be colder still. I went out to our sunny yard here at work at noon, hoping for a quick sun-bath in the midst of a work day in the cool office, but stood there for a couple minutes quivering until I gave up and returned back in.

 

I had so hoped summer would finally be here. Really! But what can one expect. I am in Finland, after all. Like, who’s to know how many warm days even the summer will bring along? I so live in a totally wrong hemisphere. I mean, I really wouldn’t mind having summer all year long. I don’t blame my mom a bit for moving to the canaries for good. I’d too, if only I could move my life there too. But as I can’t, I’ll just keep on dreaming of sun. And complaining to my blog every now and then.