There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them. Phyllis Bottome
Challenge Update: Tuesday. Rainy again. Rain on Monday, rain on Tuesday, makes me want to crawl back into bed. Or just drink another cup of coffee. My body needs more Vitamin D.
Tuesday I spent "in town": some time with Joe at the shop, some errands, and a lovely time in the afternoon, double date. Me and my little Robbie and my friend J and her little girl C. We think Robbie and C would be a great match. They were amiable but not especially interested in each other, and they both fell asleep before the 'date' ended. J and I had a great time catching up anyway.
Wednesday is Joe's day off, so I consider it my day off as well. I took it easy in the morning, then had lunch with my sister-in-law and a friend of ours. Wednesday afternoon Joe and I drove around our town seeing how high the river has gotten and how many of our neighbors are packing up to evacuate. And that brings me to this morning.
Thursday morning. By Friday evening, the National Weather Service predicts, the Meramec River will rise to 31.5 feet above sea level. Our house is at 29' feet. We are looking at a possible basement full of water plus another couple of feet on our ground floor. I don't know what to think.
I've never been flooded out before. I'm looking around at this stuff, wondering what I will really miss if it is all ruined by water in another 36 hours. I'm packing up boxes of photos, our files, my writing. We'll move those out, along with our computer, my guitar, Joe's drums, and some clothes. Then we will wait.
Time and tide wait for no man. Geoffrey Chaucer
So we wait for them. Soon I will be looking at a lifetime's accumulation of stuff - minus what we manage to carry out - ruined by the chance of a few too many raindrops. Or, soon, I will be laughing the desperate laugh of one who narrowly misses the danger.
