Friday Night Fun

I got home Friday and stripped the bed. Jake and Carla are going out for dinner, so it's a good time to do some laundry. I think I'll do the one load of the bedding so I don't have to worry about hanging things up.

I had just started eating my dinner (leftover hamburgers and potato salad) when I heard the rumble of thunder. Severe weather warnings have been out all day, BTW. I finished eating by 6:30 PM and like my old neighbor, Mr. Dupee, I went out on the front porch to watch the storm.

Amazing display! Loud thunder, sizzling or crackling lightning, sideways rain, the winds whipping the tree branches into a frenzy, my Township's warning sirens screaming and huge amounts of rain! My gutters, the driveway, even the road and the ditches were all overflowing.

That reminds me of city-living things I should know, but don't: What do those sirens mean, anyway? I really should find out...

By 7:30 PM the winds had quit and the rain was still steady but light. It's supposed to rain off and on through Saturday, so I will wait until Sunday morning to check the rain gauge.

I came inside and took out everything but the bedspread (it was still damp) out of the dryer. Jake and Carla got home about that time and reported they had got caught by the rain walking into the restaurant, so had to eat their meal sopping wet!

Finally the bedspread was dry, so I finished making my bed and then (apparently to the dismay of the last Commenter) I just watched TV until bedtime.