solarbird | very, very wet (Reply)

annathepiper and I went out to Woodinville yesterday, mostly because we know they had the right kind of liner bags for Polly's new litterbox, and it started raining - and I mean raining raining - while we were out, and my umbrella broke, so that all made for an unexpectedly cold and messy lot of walking around and waiting for the bus on the way back, which is where we noticed that part of the parking lot next to the bus stop had already flooded.

That rain hasn't stopped yet. In fact, it has gotten much harder. The south side of the yard is now flooding - and we live at the top of a rather steep chunk of hill, so I don't even want to guess what the bottom of the hill must be like. We also noticed that the Sammamish River was still well above normal level even before the rains started yesterday.

Also, it's quite dark, which makes me very happy that I got those true-daylight bulbs for the living room overhead light, which makes it about twice as bright as it would be otherwise right now. (68W of CF, about the same as 250W of incandescent, I suppose.) Having watched it for the last couple of weeks, I'm pleased to say that the light from the bulbs blends extremely well with actual daylight, so it just looks like it's brighter than it actually is, which is what I wanted.

Oh, look, it's let up a bit. It's raining, but back to normal. Unfortunately, we still have a tiny pond next to the house. Hrmmmmmmm.

Saturday's token: 0.1 miles
Sunday's miles: 2.0, in the wind and rain
Miles out of Hobbiton: 585.2
Miles out of Rivendell: 125.3
Miles to Lothlórien: 341

ETA: I'm not nervous because of the water, much; I'm nervous because of politics. You'll see it in tonight's CWU. Also, corrected river name after spaz.