Later

Well, the predicted rain has reached us!  What started out as a gentle rain - straight down, no wind - has become more forceful.  Of course, it arrived just as we were feeding the dogs their evening meal, so they were sort of freaked out!  Storms do that to them.

At least there's still no wind, so we don't have to charge up the stairway to the roof top to put towels around the windows and door.  I suppose we should be thankful for  small favors.

What started out as rolling thunder has become more strident thunder - crashing, even.  But the rain has remained the same - perhaps even lessening a bit.

Michael has moved the van out from under the balcony overhang so that there's a chance of it being completely washed by the rainfall.

Miyake is sleeping beneath Michael's work table; Fiyero has just moved over to my side - looking worried.  Somehow I don't think telling him that 'everything is okay' convinces him that that is so!

Hopefully it will stop raining before it is time to go to bed, or it may be futile to convince them to follow us upstairs....downstairs is safer.

Time for another drink!

Excitement?

Looking at another blogger's post - showing a picture of the shiner he received while playing rugby - I thought, Gee, what if we lived an exciting life?

Instead, I'm reporting that it rained last night!  Or even that just wait until we start traveling again (August) when things will be happening, though I may not remember to post about it until it's all a blur...and I sum it up in a few sentences.

In the meanwhile, I can report that according to the weather map on the BBC, we're to have rain 'sometime' today.

And we're walking into downtown to pick up a package containing a new crocodile hat, the first one having been mangled before we got it.  The hat is a necessity because we're (a group sailing together on the Disney Cruise Line) are going to dinner one night in costume as the Lost Boys from Peter Pan.  Now you may not remember a boy dressed as a crocodile, but there was a certain crocodile who lusted after the rest of Captain Hook after tasting his hand - and who swallowed a ticking clock.  I've got the clock to hang around my neck (its ticks nicely) while wearing my crocodile suit and needed the hat to finish off the costume.  The suit is a 'onesiee' style (think jammies).

Michael, on the other hand, is wearing a more traditional lost boys costume which involves a fox hat... Disney not allowing face-covering costumes on board ship.  His costume is of mascot quality, but we had to substitute the hat for the head piece (see above reason).

Michael has just announced that the shower is available, so that's all for now, folks!

Rain Update

[Guess we don't have the ability to save a partial post as a draft for further notations.  Day-before-yesterday's draft is gone!]

So I was talking about the fact that we've had rain - and thunder and lightning - for several recent nights.  Monday night was only a distant thunder and lightning show.  Last night, een though rain was predicted, was a big zero.  We're hoping that tonight's predicted rainfall comes through.  The rain at night is 1) while we're asleep, and 2) almost not noticeable, and 3) really cools things down.  Tho' the dogs are quite aware of it and either hide next to the bed or hop up on the bed and snuggle closely.

I see that rain is predicted most days for the next 14 days.  However, since we don't have an airport in town - so no 'official' weather reporting - it's mostly a guess-and-by-golly affair.  I suppose that some of that predicted rain is 'nearby' and that's what counts when your forecast site is from Britain!

We do have some local amateur weather stations that will tell you what happened, but must rely on the British site for forecasts.

In other news, I have a molar that's killing me!  If I poke around in my mouth with a finger to try and identify which tooth is the problem, it's sometimes difficult to locate the offending tooth.  It would be nice to say it's X tooth, ya know?  But try eating something and you'd think it was my entire mouth!  Guess I'll have to break down and visit a dentist tomorrow.  Figuring it will probably take a root canal to sort things out, I've done some research and there's a well-recommended one that is walkable from our house.  Guess I'll walk down there tomorrow morning to see what's what. 

(You may know that I hate going to the doctor.  That was what was so nice about belonging to Kaiser when we lived in Los Angeles.  Just walk in and someone will take care of you!) 

It would be nice if I could be seen tomorrow, but we'll see how that turns out.  The doctor splits his time between here and Celaya; not sure what his schedule is.  Luckily, Michael has a few Ketorolaco pills left from his implant work; I've taken one and things are feeling pretty good!  Of course, the Margarita may be helping that along....