A "Dry-Out" Day

We finally have a dry day, mostly sunny, but are preparing for the next round of storms to slam into this part of California.  I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw some of the creeks, streams and rivers on the news.  I have always sort of laughed at the way they call the Truckee River a river at all.  Mostly it is a stream tumbling over rocks, very scenic and beautiful, but a stream nonetheless.  Swollen with flooding rains it became a raging torrent - still beautiful - but dangerous.  At about the time it would have become destructive the rain turned to snow which slowed things down and much property was saved.

We had no flooding in Rancho Cordova where I live, but several creeks that went over their banks are within a few miles.  I'm too lazy to walk or drive over to the American River to see how high it became, but the Sacramento River is the one that was the most worrisome. The Sac & American rivers reach confluence near downtown.

I had my own little flood here in my living room - with the extremely high winds and the amount of rain that fell - just under 2" a couple of days ago - the rain leaked around one of my living room windows.  Joe had covered the swamp cooler but the high winds blew the rain under the tarps, leaving me with mopping up to do in several places.  The window was the worst - I caught the rain that was dripping from the top of the window into a container, but it filled up every 2 or 3 hours, which meant I had to get up in the middle of the night and swab the drips on the floors and around the window.  Needless to say I didn't get a whole lot of good sleep.  Now tonight it will probably start up again.

The results of the biopsy I endured came back benign, which I could have told them to begin with.  I wasn't told it would be a biopsy - just some sort of scan -  or I wouldn't have done it.  I'm convinced the problem was caused by a change in meds to a generic form, so I'm going to pay whatever I have to in order to get the brand name from now on.

It is wonderful to have food that tastes delicious again, and to have the energy to cook it.  I'm never going to worry about my weight again and will just accept whatever it is.  I can't stand to overeat, which is what I was trying to do and feeling miserable for it.  I'm healthy, happy, well, have abundance, and am a beautiful scarecrow!  So there you have it!