ok, on thursday morning i was going to go running. it was cloudy outside and i looked at weather.com and it said there was a ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CHANCE of rain at nine o’clock. and then a much less chance at 10. so i decided to wait til ten.
but as i kept sitting there, IT DIDN’T RAIN.
just how much more of a percentage chance than ONE HUNDRED PERCENT does a person need in order to believe the percentage? it makes me have no faith in weather predicting whatsoever. i finally started running a little after nine and we got out into the field where there’s a good view off into the distance, and there were some darker clouds, but it didn’t rain at all when we were out for about 40 minutes.
kevin and i even had a plan – he was going to watch for the rain, and if it started pouring he was going to drive down the road and find me out in the field.
good plan, but not necessary. it did rain, finally, but not till a couple of hours later.
this weekend, the forecast kept changing but by yesterday, the report was that today it was going to be warm and sunny.
IT IS COLD AND RAINING.
maybe i’m getting old and boring and who cares about the weather anyway – but I CARE. when i want to go running, i’d like to know if it’s going to rain. i don’t think that should be a huge big deal, especially when i check the weather JUST AS IT’S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. AND THE WEATHER REPORT IS TOTALLY WRONG.
and what about all the plans people had for the weekend – we were going to go to the art fair, and that would have been good, but of course now we’re not going. instead, we’re going to see “how to train your dragon,” which i bet will be more entertaining than the art fair anyway. but i do feel sorry for all the exhibitors, because who wants to see the stuff in the rain? not to mention, of course, that i’m sure they thought there was NO CHANCE FOR RAIN today. because the weather report said NO CHANCE FOR RAIN.
there have been boaters out on the lake pretty much all day, but that’s their own fault. there were a couple of guys standing out in a fishing boat right off the dock, just standing there fishing. i guess if that makes them happy, good for them. there was also a pontoon boat a little farther out and i assume they were also fishing or else perhaps just crazy people out for a jaunt in the rain.
it would be very nice to be able to go in the boat when the weather is better (maybe on tuesday, but i’m not counting on it anymore), but the problem with the motor wasn’t the carburator and kevin bought a new fuel pump but how can he fix it in the rain? he can’t. and he’s going to a shooting competition in a few days, so he won’t be able to do it then.
someday we’ll have a working boat. probably.
i wrote to christine that i thought it’d be neat to have a “lake cam” like the LIVE LOON CAM which i love. she thought that would be a great idea, but she said it would be a nightmare to put it up on the site. hmm, but what about the nightmare of finding a good camera, one that could withstand all the weather? i looked them up in a cursory kind of way on amazon, and the good ones are very, very expensive. plus it’s not like it could be mounted in one place – it seems it’d be better for it to be placed in different places, because there are things going on all over the place. i keep seeing snakes swimming around, and of course there’s the daily duck and goose show.
randy said it would be good to have a raccoon cam, but that would involve getting a special camera with night vision.
so i guess for now it’s just going to have to be still pictures and occasional videos of the lake.
maybe i’ll put on my raincoat and go take some pictures of the nutty boaters out there.
or i do have to say it’s a perfect afternoon for a nap…
ok then,
lazy saturday hillbilly grace.