Yelling at the rain, Blew it, Slipping

When I got home last night it was amid yet another deluge, the third day of the week we have been buried in rain.  As I was outside doing chicken chores I felt a surge of anger as I sloshed through water in the yard that was several inches deep.  I swore out loud at the rain, as if it could hear me, expressing my disgust for these times of the year when I feel like I live in the middle of a literal swamp.

So I was supposed to play pickleball with the guy I know from the gym at the park by me.  He told me it was raining there as well but apparently not to the level it was at my house.  I told him to let me know if it stopped and I would still play.  To my surprise the rain did stop within 15 minutes.  He told me they were still going to play and to bring my cordless blower.  When I got there we used it to get any standing water off the court, it worked pretty well.  We played doubles exclusively, switching up the teams every couple games.  I felt I played pretty well overall and more importantly came out of the session not feeling like I reinjured anything.  It’s a good group to play with.  I look forward to doing it more often.

Kathy is slipping downhill fast.  Last night I put her on the perch but she looked too weak for me to trust leaving her up there.  Instead I put one of the nesting boxes on the floor and let her sleep in that.  I feel so bad for the old girl.  For her to be in that shape AND have the chicken area flooded out at the same time sucks.  Really the only dry place she can be is in the coop which is where I left her this morning.  She has even started struggling to get the blueberries down, a sure sign that the end is near.

Don dropped off Lucky this morning for his weekend visit.  60 seconds after Don brought Lucky’s bed in Elsa decided to go over and mark it which pissed me off.  Lucky and Elsa have hung out before but it has been something like 3 years since they last came nose to nose.  Once again, it sucks that the yard is half submerged, meaning I can’t let them just run free back there.  We will have fun regardless.