It’s hard to believe that a mere two weeks ago the temperatures were still in the high 20s (degrees celsius, that is). The day we went to the wine festival was the last nice day we had here. Since then, it’s been raining… and cold. So cold, in fact, that last night I took my trusty blanket (the one that got me through the first few days of post-wisdom tooth removal pain) to bed with me. Curled up under both that and the quilt I was actually able to warm up enough to sleep!
I know it’s September, and therefore an autumn month (although not officially until Sunday), but is a temperature drop of more than 10 degrees really necessary? Right now, it feels more like the beginning of winter than the first weeks of autumn (which makes me wonder how I’m going to cope when winter actually does arrive!). Early autumn is supposed to be about brightly coloured trees and piles of crunchy brown leaves that are just perfect for stomping on. How are the leaves supposed to get crunchy when they’re wet all the time? Temperatures are supposed to be mild… well, cool mornings and nights are to be expected, but during the day I should be able to get by with just a cardigan or light-weight jacket. A cardigan, my raincoat and a scarf is not autumn attire! And on the way home from work last night, I even found myself wishing I had some gloves with me. I cannot remember a September this cold in my entire six years in Germany! Here’s hoping the sun comes back for at least a day or two before winter kicks in!
And on an entirely unrelated note… I managed to sleep without a painkiller last night and swallowing seems to be much easier today. My stitches come out tomorrow, so hopefully it will be all up hill from there!
Confuzzledom 
26 degrees here, sunny.
We MIGHT get sun on Monday… if they haven’t already changed their minds again by then…
Fingers crossed 🙂 Autumn is so much nicer with all the pretty leaves glowing in the sunshine.
It’s just terrible! I wish the rain would stop at least.
It seems to have been raining for most of this year, what with the floods in June and now this.
True. It’s really been a pretty crappy weathered year…
The temperature has dropped here too, and we’ve had a lot of rain, but thankfully the sun is shining today!
Sadly, even when the rain stops it’s grey and miserable. Currently the forecast says we’ll get some sun on Monday, but they may have changed their mind by the time we actually get there…
It really is too cold for September! I need to search for my gloves!
I am so sick of rain I can´t even tell you. Checked accuweather.com, and tomorrow calls for “some sun, then clouds”. Out of curiosity i checked the super extended forecast, in which our next chance of sun is OCTOBER 1st! And, yeah, I get that those things nearly always change, but if the last week is any indication, it´s probably accurate.