It was a dark and stormy night!

Hey, that sounds like a good opening line for a great novel I should begin writing!

Last night, or early this morning (it's hard to figure out when it was because of the stupid time change), I woke up to the rain hitting the house in sheets and the wind howling, and it actually made me wonder if something terrible was going to happen.  Fortunately I like my sleep and was able to drop back off almost immediately.  I figured either something is going to happen or it won't, and worrying won't change it.  I mentally blessed the house and dropped back into my dreams.

I haven't done much lately - my son and his two girls dropped by one afternoon, I drove my sister to a medical appointment one day, etc., etc.  Last night Jeannie and I went to the gym and I enjoyed a good workout, although I didn't push myself up to the max.  I haven't been exercising a lot lately and I don't want to suffer even a minor injury.

Today it has been raining heavily but the forecast for the next week or two looks pretty good, eventually climbing up into the 70's with sun shining.  I have three baskets of laundry waiting for me to be able to take it across the street to dry.  I will probably just use the dryer to speed things up, although I might end up taking the clothespins along with me.  I do love line drying my laundry. 

I cross the American River when I visit Jeannie, go to the chiropractor or to my sister's house, etc.  Over the past few years I have watched the water drop so low that islands have formed and even trees growing across the river in the lowest spots.  Now with all this rain the water has broken through the obstructions and I can see a free flowing river.  Also, with Folsom Lake at 125% of normal they have been releasing water to make room for the continuing rains.  Just before the snow melt starts the reservoir will undoubtedly be lowered again and our rivers and creeks will become torrents.  It's just a shame we can no longer count on good rains in the future.  I doubt we will see another season like this until the next El Nino, and that is if Central CA is lucky enough to be in the "goldilocks zone".