More thoughts on Weather

Texas has been in a drought situation for a while now. We've been on water restrictions for the last two years and predictions were that we would continue to be dry and parched at least through this upcoming summer, with no foreseeable moisture. Lakes have completely dried up in the Panhandle. Large established trees died last summer, so I had visions of losing even more trees this next summer.

Of course, this IS Texas. We've had a wet winter so far, and as I sit here listening to the rain that's been falling since late last night, I just keep thinking, "More rain, please." Lakes around my area are close to full; the lake I grew up swimming and boating on up in the Panhandle is still empty and dry. Sad, really sad. Although I did lose a pair of glasses off the front of a boat once...guess I could find them now.

The job hunt is not going well, but that's an entry for another day. The web site for the book is almost complete and I'll share the url when it's up and running. I hope everyone has a great weekend, and if you've got some spare rain, please send it on to the still parched areas in the South and West states. Our lakes need it and will thank you for it.

Winter comes to Texas

People around here, including neighbors, radio personalities, newspapers and television weathermen, have been talking about the mild winter we've been having; bringing up the terrible ice storm we had a little over a year ago that shut down this area for almost a week. I kept hoping they would all just be quiet and not jinx us. Alas, it's cold outside (for here), and predictions are for snow and sleet tonight. So, okay, that's the only good reason for not having a job. I can sleep in tomorrow while everyone else skids and slides all over the streets. There's something good about everything I guess. (Pollyanna said something like that, right?)

Jypsy has been such a joy. She's been very playful lately - she likes to play, oh, well, I guess we can call it "Hide and Swat", where we hide around doorways from each other and I worm a finger around the doorway and she jumps up and swats at it (No claws! She knows not to do that and I didn't teach it to her either...), then she runs away to another doorway and we do it again. I can see the smile in her eyes - they're twinkling. (I was able to tell when my dog was laughing at me too. Guess I amuse my pets.)

So, I'm planning a cozy day at home - laundry, house cleaning, and who knows? Maybe a nap.

Tomorrow? Another round of job applications and visits to hiring companies. It's just too exciting, isn't it?

Cheering up my Staff Person

Well, Mom, oh...er...my main staff person, has started staying home again. She isn't working anymore. She sort of goes back and forth between being kinda angry and then really sad. She says things like "What do I do if I lose the house?" Which I think is pretty funny - we're here in the house...how do you lose it? Anyway, she's home most of the day typing on this silly keyboard (she's off in the kitchen getting something called 'breakfast' right now), and only going out on occasion. I guess she could get lost on the way back or something and that might be considered 'losing' the house, but...I dunno. She got all dressed up yesterday morning and left for a few hours but came home and told the guy in the front room "It was a very perfunctory interview, he only asked 4 questions and kept an eye on the clock the whole time." Don't have a clue what any of that means, especially perfunctory. ??

Anyway, I know she's really blue, so I've been spending more time with her. I jumped up on the bed the other night and slept next to her until about 4 o'clock in the morning. I hadn't done that in a long time, but it seemed to make her feel a little better. I tried it again a couple of nights later, but then the guy in the front room went into the kitchen and started banging pots and stuff around and my curiosity got the better of me and I had to go check it out. And then I kinda forgot to go back. She's such a good mom, uh, staff person I thought she should get a job doing that, but then I realized it would mean I'd have to share her with some other...(shudder)...animal...and I don't think so much of the idea now. I've got my little paws crossed that she finds another job soon.