Week Long Rain Fest

Well, it has been raining all week here in Phoenix and I don’t mind all this rain since this is rare weather for us. It’s nice to see a change every once in a while and plus it reminds me of summer in Wisconsin when it rains nonstop for days. Besides the rain we are having a tornado watch. Phoenix hasn’t had a tornado in twenty or thirty years so it’s crazy wind with rain. Again, this reminds me of a typical summer day in Wisconsin. The only difference is the people. In Wisconsin the weather man doesn’t report on this for days like it’s a hurricane and the News channels aren’t overcome by the story of all the rain and wind. In Wisconsin people don’t drive like complete idiots when it rains. Here, people act like its freezing rain so they will drive 30mph in the fast lane on a 65mph freeway. Thanks to this it will take me over an hour to get home tomorrow night after work. Fortunately I worked in our Scottsdale office today so I didn’t have to deal with the idiots on the freeway. Also, in Wisconsin the people built drains in the road so the water can run off and streets and yards don’t flood. In Phoenix there are no drains so basically everything floods, the streets, back yards, parking lots, etc. Our backyard is very flooded. We now have two pools back there. The one we put in and the one past our retaining wall that the rain created this week. If allowed, Izzy would play and romp in it until she is a complete mess. We don’t allow this because I could just imagine our house when she came inside. Madison on the other hand doesn’t care for the rain. She doesn’t like it very much and would prefer to be inside.

I am ok with this weeklong rain fest, but come Saturday it better be gone. I am ready for the sun to be back. It never gets old to me. I just love seeing the sun everyday!