Winter Rain

Today has been, and continues to be, dark, gray and dreary. Late this afternoon, heavy rain started to fall and has not let up since. A flash flood watch is in effect until later this evening. I can imagine several areas of town that probably have already begun to flood. This nastiness will be followed, we're told by the local meteorologists, by very cold temperatures (for Dallas), dipping into the low thirties tonight and never rising above freezing tomorrow and Sunday. We should expect temperatures in the twenties or lower for much of next week. A winter storm watch (not yet a warning) is in effect until late Sunday. They tell us to expect ice pellets and sleet and nasty, slick roads all weekend. It sounds to me like the time to stay indoors and get wrapped up against the cold.

This turn of events may derail my plans to get out and about this weekend. I had no particular destination in mind, I just wanted to get out of the house and wander a bit, perhaps explore some funky neighborhoods and visit some bookstores. Not likely this weekend.

So, we'll just plan on nesting here at the house and hope to hear that my wife's mother has improved after getting treatment at the hospital in Santa Rosa, CA.

I think sleeping in, or at least having time to really relax (I tend not to sleep in, particularly not on weekends), is a good thing to plan on this weekend.