Documenting the Rain Dilemma

I headed south this morning, planning a quick turn-around trip to Falba to look at some land that one of my brothers is anxious to try to buy. The idea was to get a sense of which portion of this tract of land that will be for sale might be most attractive. By the time I reached Fairfield, a bit more than half way, I think, I had been driving for a good half hour through horrendous rainstorms and high wind. I called my brother to say I was changing my plans and would head back north, perhaps making the trip to Falba another time.

A few minutes later, the sky opened with a vengeance. I don't believe I have ever seen such heavy wind and rain except in hurricanes. I stopped to get some bottled water, trying unsuccessfully to dash into the market without getting drenched. Just as I approached the register, a powerful clap of thunder and a brilliant flash of light occurred almost simultaneously and the store was without power. I paid for my water without worrying about getting change...no way to open the register and the cashier wasn't quite sure how to calculate how much I owed (so I figured it for her). I jumped back into my car and headed north. After about ten miles of heavy, heavy rain and cars inching along with their emergency flashers pulsing, the worst of it stopped.

The weather looked threatening by the time I got back to Dallas at about 11:30, but it didn't rain. My wife was at the office, so I called to see if she wanted to go out for lunch. She did, so we cruised up Harry Hines until we decided on a place to eat, Las Lomas de Zacatecas. We'd eaten there before, long ago. Nice, rich, very spicy salsa (complimentary with chips, of course) started the meal. My wife had marvelous chicken enchiladas with an excellent white sauce. I had an interesting meal of pork tacos (very greasy corn tortillas, though) with pico de gallo, fresh lime, and a truly unusual rice dish (heavily peppered...as in blace pepperP), with the obligatory refritos.

Then, back to the office. I spent some time getting my new employee's passwords set up, email account in place, etc. I hired her Friday to start Monday. This is my umpteenth attempt to fill the position. This better work out or I might zip right off the edge!

Now, I'm home, waiting for my wife to get here. She spent the day doing financials for our newest client, whose records really were in miserable shape.

Maybe more later...just had to document the dilemma.