Thought you might want to know the status here under the looming threat of Fay, the Little Breeze That Could. Well, when I left work today it was raining heavily, but no more heavily than it’s rained at any time this past summer during what we call “regular summer rainfall.” In fact, the rain wasn’t as bad as the hellstorm I was caught in a couple of weeks ago, when I had to pull over on the side of the road because I couldn’t see the car ahead of me. Anyway, by the time I got to the grocery store, the rain had stopped.
I broke down and bought some bottled water, just in case. The shelves had been restocked and were about three-quarters full. No one seemed to be panicking, despite the doom-laden “we’re all gonna die!” weather coverage. I also stocked up on the all-important hurricane food, donuts, and I’m making boiled eggs — but I’ve had a craving for boiled eggs all week. They’ll go down nicely at lunch. By the way, I think my eat-less diet is working: I forgot to take my lunch to work today and had to eat at Burger King, and a meal that would once have barely staved off my midday food craving now makes me feel as if I’ve overeaten.
Currently the skies are semi-overcast but there isn’t a drop of rain. I’m thinking this storm will be a bust — tropical storms usually are. That’s a good thing — I would have liked a day off work, but as I’m still on temp pay I wouldn’t get paid for not coming in, and I need every bit of that paycheck, inadequate though it is.
Thanks again for your donations. They really help — and the donuts were on sale, really. Also sugar is good for energy. Yeah.
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