It Rained, It Poured, It Hailed

 Morning came way too early.  Not that I wasn't awake, I was ... I just didn't want to get up.  Alas, the sun rose in the cloudy sky.  I'm procrastinating.  I'm not sure where that comes from, but it seems to happen more and more!!  

Up and at em, I hit Clyde's button and he roared to life, beginning his day of vacuuming the floors.  I picked up and put away, only to get a phone call that the company I expected wasn't coming.  Good thing I had not pulled the sheets off the bed yet!!

I watched the news, only to realize how fast time flies.  It was almost noon when I heard the knock at the door.  Remember these?

Well now the pile looks like this!!  What can I say ... he was a very nicely dressed kid of about 16, selling candy.  Here's the story.  He's from our local high school, trying to raise money to take his girlfriend of two years to the prom.  Tickets are $200.  WHAT??  

The PROM is on a yacht over on the coast two hours away.  Limos are expensive, though several of them are carpooling ... in a limo.   The YACHT includes food and dancing.  It's crazy that the school sets this up (which I remember from years past) because they don't want to deal with crazy kids at the dance.  Most likely it's because no one will volunteer to HELP at the dance.

I only had a $20 bill and he only had $11 in change from the 11 candy bars he had sold so far.  I gave him the twenty and took 7 bars.  I really didn't need any more candy, but here we are.  I'll put the good ones in the freezer and give away the rest.  

If his story is true, I did a good thing.  I would have loved to have him as a boyfriend when I was that age.  If his story is NOT true, it was a darn good story!!  I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up and he told me every class he was attending ... and the HORROR ... he wanted to be a politician.  Well he's got a good spiel for that!

Just as I was about to leave to check out my friends bike rack on her RV like mine, I looked up to see this.  And then the rain came down!  I don't think I've ever seen it rain that hard for that long.  I holed up in the house for almost two hours.

Finally I drove over to help her unload her electric bike.  This is a Yakima rack with a piece that comes off to make a ramp.  She had it well attached with four straps and two big bike locks that also kept it in place.  I have to admit, it didn't budge until everything was unhooked.  It took a bit, but we got it rolled off.  Seems like a lot of weight for such a tiny hitch.  This picture shows it folded up.

It sits back far enough that she can open the doors a bit and reach inside.  Definitely a plus.  I'm still undecided about an electric bike.  Would I really use it?

We talked about the button above our heads ... she hit it not realizing it was a 911 button that she could not turn off.  The police were called and sent to her location.  All's well that ends well ... she won't do THAT again, but it's nice to know it's there if you need it.  That's one of the MANY electronic things that draw on the battery.  I sent her a picture of my charger just for that purpose.  She's going to get one today.  It's always nice to to share information.

And then the rain came again ... big drops with lots of icy hail.  It almost looked like it snowed as I drove through town.  So here's a tale I didn't mention before.  I dropped off a letter at the post office, to be almost hit by a guy in a small truck.  He was on his phone.  This was the THIRD person on the phone in two miles, not paying attention to traffic or the stop lights.

As I went to pull out on to the street, so did he, not even looking.  We both stopped just in time.  What should appear but a city police officer.  He looked at me with that "what are you doing" look ... so I pointed to the truck and put my hand to my ear.  

As the guy pulled out ahead of me, the officer whipped a U-turn and followed him, RED LIGHTS FLASHING.  Well that's never happened before.  Usually the officers just keep on going.  And that's just what I did while the guy probably got a ticket.  

Just a warning folks ... NO driving while talking on your phone!!

I spent much of the rest of the day sewing.  Gee ... I only have 88 more little bars to sew on like those on the bottom right.  That's when I made the discovery.  I read the directions and began looking for the last two yards of border fabric.  I found ONE yard, not two.  Are you kidding? 

No sirreeee .... they shorted me the fabric for the outside border.  Yup ... the kit from THAT store that has shorted me in the past, has done it again.  It's a good thing I didn't buy more from them.  Too bad because their fabrics really are nice.  So now I have to return to the quilt store and try to find something that will match.  C'est la vie!!

I should have had a margarita ... I might have felt better ... but a small can of Pepsi did the trick.  That and Mr. Cooper snoring next to me!!  

The night ended with more clouds and rain until the little slice of moon was almost setting right beside the sun.  I don't even remember dinner ... but I do remember the peanut butter cookie, followed up by a wafer candy bar!!  That worked even better than the Pepsi!!

This morning I'm off to Costco.  I got my cash-back voucher for $398.00.  Not bad ... not bad at all.  I won't spend it all in one place, but it comes at the right time.  Whatever you don't spend, they give you cash back ... and I need to pay the gardener!!