Rainy Days and Monday

Well, the rain that was supposed to come around 4:00 p.m. yesterday never came. And, when I woke up Monday morning, it still hadn’t come. I was aching like hell from apparently overdoing the outside yard work over the weekend, BTW.

When I walked outside at 10:00 p.m., it felt like it could rain at any moment. And, less than a half hour later, it did! The storm (with hard rain and thunder) lasted about an hour.

I was taking my boots back for a refund, so I ate lunch at Ten Yen again.

When I got to Dick’s, they examined the boots and saw that there was dust on the soles. So, they said they couldn’t return my money, just give me an in-store credit. What’s funny is that before I put them in the box, I dusted off the toe where I had tried shifting. If only I had wiped off the bottoms, I would have got my money back!

I didn’t have time to look for another pair of boots, so they gave me a gift card…

It rained again, hard, during the afternoon. Then they issued a severe thunderstorm warning and a tornado warning for the Livonia area around 4:30 p.m. I drove home in rain, but made it there before the big storm hit, complete with more thunder and lightning, about 5:45 p.m.

For a change, I didn’t take out the trashcan. The last thing I wanted was for it to blow over and me to be picking up wet garbage at 7:00 a.m. Tuesday morning.

Sidebar: I was more afraid of hail than tornadoes. I just wanted to get my truck into the garage!

I called my Brother Jim to see how they were doing. We chatted for a bit and then hung up.

The rain had stopped, so I went out and trenched the big puddle in the driveway with the hoe, like I always do. This time it was clogged with those little red things the maples drop before they leaf out.

Back inside, I warmed up two hot dogs and an ear of sweet corn for my supper.

I was still stiff and sore from the weekend, so I took the rest of the night off. I watched an old (1986) movie called Delta Force, starring Lee Marvin and Chuck Norris. When it was over at 11:00 p.m., I watched the news and then went to sleep.