Between rains

[livingdeb]

R: Look, there's a river [beside the road].

me: I'd call that a creek. Creeks dry up between rains.

R: "Between rains"? What's that?

me: That's a thing we used to have in the olden days.

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Actually, we have been getting respites between the rains. Our current respite feels like a steam bath. Only maybe not as hot, since it's still only

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[livingdeb]

The steam bath was temporary. And I would be sad to still be in the 50s by the end of May!

Thanks, so far as I know, me and mine are all fine (except for one Facebook friend whose apartment got flooded). In fact, my boyfriend got extra work because a tornado blew off a roof nearby and he got called in to get the computers dry and try to get them working. The storage place across the way from there was also hit by that tornado--yikes, you think your stuff is safe.

The drainage in my neighborhood cannot keep up with torrential rains, but can catch up fairly quickly during the lulls (except for a few low spots). The local creek has not flooded in any a 100-year-flood sort of way.

I've always felt that tornado alley ended about 50 miles north of here, but maybe not. Or maybe not anymore.

I basically never feel sorry for myself anymore. There is just too much bad news out there. It's become quite clear how lucky I am in basically infinite ways.

(Oh, wait, I lied--I do feel sorry for myself whenever I read about salaries - average salaries of all majors are higher than my highest salary ever. So are current first-year teacher salaries. And even the next person to get my last job will be making more than me because they're turning into a full-time position. I normally don't think I'm a doormat, but salary wise, I clearly was. Well, no one's ever going to pay me a crappy salary again. Mwahaha!) But yeah, I don't have to worry about driving while black, what will happen if I get pregnant with a dying fetus and want an abortion, or a million other things like that.

[livingdeb]

OMG, you totally crack me up! CatMan and I recently watched a movie called "El Norte" about some Guatemalan kids and their desperate move to the US as illegal immigrants. When it was over I was cleaning up, feeding the cats, and giving Princess her medication - it occurred to me that my cats lead better lives than a large chunk of the people on this planet. Seriously, they have nutritious food, medical care, clean water, a safe place to live. Sorta puts things in perspective...
:-)
Cat

[livingdeb]

So true!