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October 08, 2004
Mixed Blessing
It's been raining since yesterday, and looks likely to continue most of the weekend. Not that I'm complaining much mind you, it's the first decent rain we've seen in a month or so....and it's a nice, slow soaking rain, just what we needed.
But it's not without its problems. The Pea Ridge Mule Jump is this weekend, as is Fayetteville's Fall-Fest. We were planning to take WildChild to one or both, but it looks like we may spend the weekend cooped up inside with a bored hyperactive toddler, 2 bored dogs and 1 cat who seems to think I could stop the rain if I really wanted to but I'm being bitchy and making it rain just to piss her off.
Then there's my daughter, who after witnessing a really bad wreck a while back caused by the rain, gets all freaked out and has panic attacks when she has to drive in the rain.....so she calls me. Like last night when she was driving home from Russellville after visiting her dad who's in the hospital after a wreck*** of his own. So I spent the better part of an hour repeating over and over "You're doing fine. Keep in the right lane, drive slowly and don't worry about all the traffic that's passing you. According to the radar, you should drive out of the rain any time now."
So the rain is a mixed blessing, but all things considered a good thing. It could be much worse, you know.
It could be freezing.
***Before you feel sorry for him, let me explain. He was waiting to pull out onto a street, and decided that since the car in front of him had pulled out safely it was ok for him to pull out across the street behind that car without looking for oncoming traffic. Can we say 't-boned'? And he wasn't wearing a seat belt. He's an idiot.
And got off much more lightly than the fool deserved. 4 broken ribs, a partially collapsed lung and a few bruises. So I don't have much sympathy for him. As in none.
Posted by Rita at October 8, 2004 07:54 AM
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You ought to take him to the Canine Halloween Party in B'ville tomorrow morning. Oodles of fun.
Posted by: Matt at October 8, 2004 08:20 AM
That's a good idea, he'd get a kick out of that.
I've been trying to get Mike to let me get a Spiderman costume for Sollie, but he's so far flatly refused. Sollie's one of those weird dogs who thinks he's so cool wearing doggie clothes.
Posted by: rita at October 8, 2004 08:28 AM
The "Pea Ridge Mule Jump" .....
WTF??
I find myself laughing from just saying those words together.
Posted by: Jim - PRS at October 9, 2004 04:55 AM
I know, it sounds ridiculous. But it's actually a lot of fun. It's pretty amazing to see what those little ol' mules can jump.
Posted by: rita at October 9, 2004 07:47 AM