Good morning, everyone! 

Last night was "meet the teacher" night.  Isaac will be in first grade with a brand new teacher to the school.  She's a hugger -- she gave me a hug when we left  -- unexpected...   Tomorrow school begins.

Currently, it is raining.

Morning. Going to be another steamy day.

Let me give you a story to help get you ready for naptime:

We had a terrible storm last night. And my luck, I had to drive right into it to get home. If I hadn't stopped at Costco on the way home, I would have been tucked safely in my house when the storm arrived. It was one of those storms you knew would be bad. I was driving home and there was lightning everywhere. And yes, I mean everywhere. While it is pretty to look at it, it can be dangerous to do so while driving. But when some of these fantastic shots are right in front of your face, you just can't miss them. Whew! There was blackness in the clouds above. Behind that was that evil, eery green that you see and know you probably need to take cover. Or at least batton down the hatches. As I made my trek home I was a little past halfway there when the rain started. A few of those, big, fat isolated rain drops started to fall. When that happens you know all you can do is prepare for the downpour that is going to follow. The clouds teased me like that for about a mile until the evilness let loose and the skies opened up. It was a downpour where you have to put your flashers on for safety because if you don't you may not be seen. At this point the storm is right above me. You can't miss the lightning and immediate thunder. At one point I swear there was a lightning bolt about 100 yards from me. I slowly made my way along and got off at my exit. While it was still pouring, I followed the usual path home. While I was waiting at the light to make the right hand turn onto my street, home only a half mile away, I still had a hard time seeing more than a couple of feet in front of me. The light changed, as I start to turn the corner, I turned right into a large pool of flowing water. I didn't know it was there. I couldn't see it. It was easily up to the bottom of the car and I drive an suv. My immediate concerns turned to the creek which runs next to this road and winds down the street past my house. But I knew there was no way the creek was up that high. It was common sense that all the suddden rain couldn't drain as fast as it was coming down. Made it through there. Then I headed up about a block to another traffice light and proceeded through since it was green. I encountered another heavily flooded intersection. With caution through and trying to figure out the water level around me, I rolled my way down the street towards the house encountering more high water levels along the way. The water gradually faded out as the grade changed on the street and I got closer to the house. I pulled into the driveway and opened the garage. You know that yesterday was trash and recycle day. Neither was collected by the time I left for work yesterday morning. As I pulled into the driveway I noticed the bin and the can. Let's just say they had quite a bit of water when I went to bring them into the garage. I gathered my belongings, scampered out of the car and into the garage. I took my stuff into the house and set everything down. I sent a text to a friend and told him to stay away from those intersections I just came through. I received a message back -"just went through there". Oops, I tried. I went back outside to stand on the porch and watch the remainder of the light show. There really were some neat lightning strikes. Some more rain fell and after another 15 minutes it was all but gone. I then unloaded my goodies from shopping and carried on with my evening.

Sheesh, I'm glad you got home OK Fuzzy!

MzHartz wrote:

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Sheesh, I'm glad you got home OK Fuzzy!

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I have to say that is about the third time I have been caught in a terrible storm like that this summer. One was on a weekend while returning from my mom's house and the other was another time on the way home from work. I guess I am just used to already being home when the skies explode.

Now, who is ready for a beverage? Maybe a mid morning snack?

 

Maybe it was JR. You know how those old, cranky men are.

Hey Mz - as I was rambling on about my silly story, it made me wonder what ever happened with your novel? I think you were going to do some editing and rewriting. But I don't remember much after that.

disco strangler wrote:

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Crazy story, Fuzzy! Glad you made it home safe.

MZ, sounds like you might have a Propery Zaar rather than a manager. It's good that everyone gets along like they do.

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Yeah, the old property manager was much better.  In fact, she would organize a party every year for all the residents.  It would go on until about midnight, and there would be pizza and music and prizes.  It was pretty fun. 

The first year this new property manager was here, she didn't even have a party, she had free food in the office for a day, and by time we got there after work, it was all gone.  Then last year, she had a neighborhood picnic that no one went to because it was basically just picnic tables set up in the parking lot.

 

confuzzed wrote:

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Maybe it was JR. You know how those old, cranky men are.

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Seriously?  Are we back to picking on me while I sleep, unable to defend myself? 

Sounds like a GREAT bad storm Fuzzy!  Glad you made it home ok.  I kept worrying as I read the story (which by the way you COULD have broke into a paragraph or two ) that you were gonna get home and find major damage.  Glad it didn't turn out that way.

MZ, I always knew you were a rabble rouser at heart!    Partyin' 'til all hours of the morning.    Seriously though, I agree.  After 7 years without a problem I think he could have given you a pass.  Essentially telling you to quiet down was a verbal warning, that should have been good enough for a first offense.

I just finished moving in the last peice of the new apartment puzzle, my exercise bike.  I've had it in the car for days but have been holding off because of the heat and humidity.  I didn't want to fight to get it out of the van on a really hot and humid day.

Turns out it came out a LOT easier than it went in. 

So now everything is here, everything is assembled.  All that's left is to get a couple plants and decorate the walls.  No rush on that stuff.  I like to take my time.  The open walls are like a blank canvas.  Gotta think about how you want to express yourself on them, right?

Oh!  The new sound card is supposed to arrive today, so we'll be off the air for a bit after 5ish tonight while I install and test it.

That is all.  Carry on.