Rain. We're getting a lot of it. It started yesterday, about 3.30 pm, while I was at work. I left at 4. I think I managed to drive home smack during the worst of it. Turns out there's less of that drainage stuff here than there is where a lot of you live. Could be because the soil here is pretty much packed clay... just a guess. Anyway. It was dark enough out when I left that I couldn't see the freeway outside my window, which also meant that it was pretty rough seeing where I was going. Luckily everyone (and I actually mean EVERYONE, not everyone except for two idiots) was content to drive home at about 30 mph. This allowed me plenty of time to process information such as "there's water pooling in the middle lane of this freeway," and "the car in front of me just made a 6-ft high spray of water. I bet I'm about to do the same when I hit that puddle."
According to Weatherbug, we got over an inch of rain yesterday (does anyone know a more-accurately reported site for that kind of info?). So far today, we've had just over 2.5". It's not soaking in. Go figure. That little raised area in my backyard? You can see it on the left-hand side of the photo from last week's post... with the birdbath full of spider plants. It's underwater right now. I went outside to clear the drains in the backyard, and the water was up to the bottom of my calves. The curb is underwater, too. You know what that means, don't you?

PUDDLE SPLASHY TIME!

I am not sure why I bothered to put my raincoat on. But my hair stayed dry, at least. You know how I despise having wet hair.
House update: I did indeed buy curtains and curtain rods last weekend, but only about half of them are up. The necessary combinations of rod/curtain were not all available. Today I did another homeownery task: I bought and assembled one of those grey aluminum shelf stands for the garage. NOW it looks like I live here!