I freak out nearly every day. Because it rains here. It never rained in Brooks. Brooks may have stunk to high heaven with the oh-so-delectable cow manure, but it never rained. But it rains here. All day. Every day.
We are actually situated on a bit of a hill (maybe Janna's size!), so we don't have to worry about basement flooding. However, Bryan and I had a very interesting drive on Antelope Road today on our way to church.
I slowed down for the bumps. And then, stretching across the entire width of the road was a mud puddle. Never thinking that it could possibly be three feet deep, we motored in and got almost mired! I'm not even exagerating (yes, I have lamentably exagerated before), but the water was so deep it ran into the grille at the front of the hood, splashing on the hot motor and steam came out.
A little shaken, we intrepid explorers continued. Family, do you remember the marsh? The road was gone, and in its place was a shallow rill of water continually flowing. It was so astonishing that I am going to attempt to take a picture of it (coming from the other direction, of course).
In other news, Kaylee has been adopted. Cub was 'pet of the week' last week at the Humane Society and they're confident she'll be adopted soon. Meanwhile, Anne is basking in the love and attention of two humans who are used to loving four dogs.
Not much else is going on, except my continuing fight to withdraw from the Paxil. Thanks to Jada (I kiss your feet! Your incredibly long-toed feet!) the symptoms aren't nearly as bad as they were last time. I'm soldiering on, and taking it rather easy.
Check back soon for that picture. I wonder if Rick Mercer still has a 'worst pothole' contest?
4 comments:
I beg to differ on the "never rains in Brooks" front. I personally saw the road along the 'duct get washed away by rain - the marsh overflowed - and the EID trucks that came out to help got stuck and had to get towed out. That was two years ago.
Last year, the rain took out the library roof. The weight of the snow melt plus the heavy June rain caused the ceiling above our catalogue computers to collapse. We had a few steady days of rain here again and we're praying the patch job they did on the library ceiling will hold.
Maybe it never rained in Brooks before, but it sure does now! Luckily, not for the long stretches you seem to have - but we do seem to get a full month of it in June and another two weeks in July! Oh - and the cow stink is still here too. *laugh* Seriously, you should move back!
PS Good to hear one of the puppies was adopted. I sadly cannot help. My Mom still can't believe I married a guy who's allergic to dogs!
What do you mean the hill was Janna-sized? NO HILL in the world can be Janna-sized. I am my own continent, my own hemisphere, my own planet. If you claim that wimpy little straigh-lined Saskatchewan can somehow contain a hill that is "Janna-sized", then you obviosuly need better glasses, or perhaps just stop drinking the water out there.
hehe. Love ya! And yay for the puppies. And when are you going to announce the quiz results??
Way to go, Ash. You pulled me right out of my rant :)
But I also remember times when we froze to death at the duct and we had to keep the doors open even though we were freezing and we were so addled with cold we had to go on a kamikaze mission to defeat all the flies around us with a resounding, "REH!"
Good times.
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