Comments for Rain in May

Rain in May: 05/20/06
Yesterday on my way home my boss told me to drive carefully because it was raining. I couldn't believe it. Where did this rain come from? Wasn't it in the high eighties yesterday?

It was raining and it had been raining for long enough and hard enough to fill up all the usual puddles in the alley.

The rain also meant a drive home that usually takes forty minutes took an hour and fifteen. I was so flustered when I finally picked up Ian. We then scurried as best we could to Sean's school and got there just as three other mothers had shown up so the driveway was nearly full of cars.

Fortunately for our drive to Chevy's, we didn't have to take the freeway. Instead we took Castro Valley Blvd. and Eden Canyon Road. We arrived before the worst of the Friday-night crowd and were seating within minutes. Sean was perfect and we all had a good time. I ended up over doing on the eating and was a little short of breath at the end of the meal. I had a pair of feet in my tummy that were pushing it into my lungs. Ooof!

On the way home the rain started to clear. It made for a difficult drive because of the sun reflecting in all the puddles on the road but we got home safely. As we were approaching Fairview we saw a lovely rainbow. I managed to get some nice pictures of it from the car as Ian was driving.

Our Garden:

We finally manged to get all the things we needed today. At Target we got new socks for Sean. It turns out he's like me and doesn't like anklet socks. He prefers the longer tube socks that don't slip down into his shoes. So we found some nice red and black striped socks for him. He now wears a size 3 to 8 sock. We also splurged on a new finger painting set for Sean (as promised from earlier this year). He was thrilled!

At Home Depot we got the toilet repair kit we need. New toilet flushing mechanisms don't use a float. We also got the Gorilla glue to fix the chair. I found a regular sized heirloom variety of tomato plant for the garden called "Mister Stripey." It grows red with yellow stripes here and there. Sean also decided he wanted to try growing pumpkins and picked out a set of pumpking seedlings. Tomorrow I will go get two pots.

When we got home I took a look at our post-rain garden. I mostly wanted to check on the fairy garden to be sure it hadn't drowned. It was fine and the beans are still growing. I also noticed that Sean's sunflowers have all sprouted. I will take photographs when they get a little taller.

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