This morning I woke up at 10:00 a.m. ( because P is a peach and let me sleep late in honor of our anniversary) to the sound of rain. Apparently, Tropical Depression Erin arrived in San Antonio overnight.
I didn’t even know there was a disturbance in the Gulf, which means I hadn’t watched the news in several days because, if I had, I would have been inundated with excited meteorologists talking about barometric pressure and the importance of buying lumber at Home Depot to board up windows to ward off impending gale force doom, while bright graphics scrolled across the screen with TROPICAL WATCH ’07 and a depiction of a palm tree bending over with the sheer force of the wind.
I mean, I vaguely heard something on Tuesday night about the chance of getting 10 inches of rain on Thursday, but I wrote it off because I have fallen victim too many times to false reports of massive rainfall that, in truth, result in barely enough precipitation to get the driveway wet.
I’m nobody’s patsy.
However, by 11 a.m., it became clear by the rain falling sideways that Tropical Depression Erin was not messing around. So, Caroline and I did what we always do in these dreadful, rainy day situations…headed to Gulley’s house.
By 3 p.m., this is what the street in front of Gulley’s house looked like.
And this is what we were doing.
Then, the rain kept falling and I began to realize we might have some problems getting home. And since I didn’t really want to spend my anniversary apart from P, Caroline and I got in the car to attempt to make it home. After much navigational manuevering, I managed to get us home.
We ran in from the rain and I began to really worry. Our entire anniversary plan for the evening rested upon the ability of the Sushi Delivery Man’s ability to deliver fresh, uncooked food to our door.
Y’all can breath a sigh of relief. The sushi was delivered.
And really I have nothing else to share, except for 2 things.
1. Yesterday, I was having a conversation with someone about technical blog stuff and he began to talk about widgets. I did my best “oh I totally understand what you’re talking about” response, but obviously did a poor job because he asked if I knew what a widget was. I responded, “As far as I know, he’s a character on Wow, Wow Wubbzy”.
I’m still laughing about it.
And, I’m pretty sure he was impressed with my computer knowledge.
2. After watching Caroline change her clothes multiple times in the last few weeks, I have decided to add a new page to Big Mama featuring up to the minute, or maybe up to the every few hours (I have a life, people. Really. I do.) fashion photos featuring the little fashionista. Think of it as having your own personal style guru that will make you feel that it is okay to wear mixed florals. It’s just all about the proper interpretation.
So, feel free to click on “From the Closet” over on my sidebar to see the latest updates.
And also know that if she outgrows this stage tomorrow, it will be a short lived feature. However, I feel fairly confident that she is like her mama and will continue to have a propensity to try on multiple outfits during each day.
Hope y’all have a great Friday!