”Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind – listen to the birds. And don’t hate nobody.”
The dark sky was the first hint of a coming storm and now we have thunder, loud, constant thunder. The dogs are sleeping beside me on the couch, and they lifted their heads when the thunder started. That was their only reaction. They are back to sleep. It is 66°, and the predicted showers have started.
When I was a kid, the worse walk to school was in the rain. My shoes got squishy. My hair dripped. I had to air dry while sitting at my desk. The one plus was at this time of year the classroom air was not saturated with the smell of wet wool wafting in from the cloak room.
I lived in a place with a rainy season where it rained just about every day. It stopped nothing. People went about their business. The only umbrellas in sight were the ones the aunties used in both sun and rain to cover themselves and their food as they sat along the roadside selling their wares. I came to see rain as just a minor inconvenience.
We always had fruit in the house when I was a kid. Mostly we had oranges and apples. In the summer we also had watermelon, with seeds. They all had seeds back then. Spitting the seeds for distance was an important part of the watermelon experience. We used to take pears from the branches hanging over into our yard from a tree on the other side of the fence. The pears were always hard.
I have been a sloth. I did do a bit of vacuuming and changed my bed, but they are the only house things I did. Yesterday afternoon I went for a few groceries. I needed bread, cream and cat food, but I never buy just what I need. I added hot dogs and rolls, dry dog food, pita bread and cheese, a mocha cupcake and a bar of Snickers for me.
Today I have nothing planned. I might go for a ride in the rain with maybe a stop to check out the ocean. The rain isn’t too heavy so I won’t mind getting wet.
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May 23, 2024 at 9:30 pm
Hi Kat,
My trip to Savannah ended with a late night arrival home. I was scheduled to leave early this morning but I chose to change my flight to last night because American Airlines sent me a weather alert for yesterday and today at DFW airport. There were tornado watch boxes around DFW all yesterday afternoon. My flight arrived in Savanah from DFW two hours late and finally we arrived back at midnight. While on the final approach segment, the pilot had to go around and make the approach a second time. The captain said that air traffic had us too close to the airplane in front of us. Therefore, going around is the safest thing.
Today wasn’t sunny, but all the thunderstorms formed south of us all day. I probably should have stayed the night in Savanah and come home early this morning.
When I was kid we also had fruit in the house. My favorite was and still is summer fruits. I love peaches and nectarines. It’s half a peach and half a plum, which I also like. Watermelon is also good. These days my spouse buys the seedless ones. She even buys them precut in plastic containers.
May 23, 2024 at 10:56 pm
Hi Bob,
The number of tornados already this year is beyond belief and they claim it will continue. Look at that poor town in Iowa. We have been cool with only one day so far in the 70’s here on the cape.
What a ride home you had. That last maneuver of a second approach was even horrific. Some places you just can’t drive to.
We had rain on and off today. Tomorrow will be cloudy but at least we’ll have no rain.
I am not a fan of peaches. I’m not enthusiastic about fruit with hair. I love cold watermelon.
May 24, 2024 at 12:40 am
The go around didn’t bother me, because pilots practice this in recurrent and in initial training all the time. I used to tell my students on any instrument approach to an airport plan on making a go around, then if you see the runway it’s a surprise and then land. 🙂
May 24, 2024 at 1:29 am
The go round just seemed to be the right ending for a flight which wasn’t ideal.