Weather threw my morning into a Wonk!

This post is going to make most of my East Coast friends chuckle. All of the tough, die-hard, boot wearing, snow blowing, ice melting, wood burning, friends, can have a good laugh at your West Coast friends. Yeah, we were out here enjoying our sunshine and warm weather while you all were wrangling with your generators and stock piling toilet paper and wine, so I guess we deserve it. So the past few days we have gotten a little rain. For most of us it is very welcome. We love the sound of rain on the roof. Our sad looking plants are drinking it up. The wildlife is very glad for the repreive from drought. But rain also brings a few comical-- and some not so comical consequences. Let me set the scene in my house for you this morning.

-- Wow, honey it's really pouring outside! The boys don't know how to drive in this stuff. I don't want them out there with all of the maniacs, you have to drive them to school.

-- Mom!! Do we have any umbrellas? ---- ummmm, somewhere, ugh, I don't know. Uh, I guess we don't.

--Mom!! What shoes should I wear, my sneakers are going to get all wet!!------ don't you have some kind of hiking boots or something?--------- yeah, from 2 years ago, they don't fit!

-- Mom!! I need a jacket!! Me too! Me too! Me too! Me Too! Will my letterman jacket shrink in the rain?? --------- Honey, where did you put all the coats??? The attic??? Ugh......

Good times. We were completely unprepared for this little rain. I know we have umbrellas, somewhere. I believe we have rain coats, don't know where though. Boots, now that, yeah, I don't think we have those. So everyone is getting wet today. They will probably get really wet. One thing I do remember about growing up in Pennsylvania though, is that a big cup of hot chocolate can fix almost anything, so I'll be ready!

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