Stalking the Weather Report

When Josh and I got married, I became completely obsessed with the weather.  I think it has something to do with my obsessive, control freak nature.*

I would check the 10 day forecast religiously on Weather.com, as well as the 15 day forecast on AccuWeather.com – because surprisingly, they each had different forecasts.  Checking the weather was the first thing I did when I woke up and the last thing I did before I went to bed (and multiple times throughout the day).  I was so concerned about the weather being perfect on our day, that I stressed myself out a great deal.  One week before our wedding, both site forecasts called for rain on our big day so I scoured the internet and purchased 14 golf umbrellas** for the bridal party – just in case.

And what do you know, it was a beautiful day.  No rain in sight.  You’d think I’d learn, right?  Wrong.

As soon as I could start checking the 10-day and 15-day forecast for Adelaide, and the 10-day and 15-day forecast for Sydney, I did.  And what did it do?  It stressed me out.

At the beginning of this week, it looked like nothing but rain, which wouldn’t entirely have been a surprise after reading a couple article on how the Australian summer is expected to be the coolest and wettest they’ve had in awhile (1 and 2)…

BUT

As we know, the weather report changes daily and I’ve had to convince myself not to panic about the weather.

In checking the weather today, things are looking up!  Now if it’ll just continue to look good for the rest of our trip, but most importantly, New Years Eve!

Just a few more sleeps before we leave.  Tonight’s focus – packing attempt #1 (I’ve been procrastinating doing this all week) to see if I can get everything that I want to take into one suitcase.  Wish me luck!

And in the meantime, if you’ve obsessed over the weather before, what was the event?  What sites do you use to follow weather forecasts?

* There is no doubt in my mind that Josh would agree with this.

** To this date, only one of the umbrellas has been used – and it’s the big blue one I bought for myself.  The remaining 13 are still in the cardboard box that they shipped in…

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