Tropical Storm Beta brought us a ton of rain this week. Monday and Tuesday, in particular were drench fests. Benson was not keen on using the wet outdoor facilities to relieve himself. To make it harder, there were very few breaks in the rain. Mostly it just went from hard rain to soft rain and back again. All day long. Our backyard was totally saturated, so we brought Benson out to a small portion that wasn't completely water logged. While he peed throughout the day on Monday, he never discharged from the back end. He is a very regular dog, so I was getting nervous as the day went on and was keeping a keener eye on him. He'd stand by the back door whining a lot. I'd take him out, but he wasn't having it in the rain. Finally, as we all settled down in the evening, he did it. He dropped his load at our entryway. On the carpet. Not the smooth, easy-to-clean tile that was literally inches from the carpet. Right on the carpet. By Tuesday, though it still rained all day, we had a few periods of very light rain and we took advantage of it every time. There were no more accidents. Rainy days were so much more enjoyable before having a dog.
Since they couldn't play outside, the kids created a broom ball sort of game in the garage. They all were on roller blades and they used brooms to hit a "puck" (an old karate board) across the floor. The ladders were the goalposts. They had practiced it a lot and wanted to put on a show for Todd and I when he got home from work. However, for the show they were skating all crazy-like and kept falling on the hard concrete garage floor. After one too many falls, we told them the game was awesome and it was a good time to stop or put on knee pads. They opted to go roller blade in the rain.
Todd got new glasses. A few weeks ago he had lost them at Costco. Wearing the masks really inhibits vision and he said they must have fallen off their resting spot in his shirt and he never saw them drop. Despite checking with the store several times, no one had turned them in. Of course his prescription had expired, so it was a bit of a longer process than he had hoped. When he finally picked them up this week, he said he had gone for the cheapest frames. He tried them on for us and Caroline and I both commented that he looked smart.
After CC this week we headed to a playground. At this particular playground the neighborhood kids always seem to know when we're there. They bike to their houses to get their light sabers and come to battle our kids who also have their light sabers. Josiah was cracking all of us up. He is an aggressive light saber battler. He does not back down.
Our A/C stopped working this week. We had a repair man come out and he added some freon, but said our coil needed replacing and it was leaking oil. Todd thought it'd be an easy fix - just replace the coil. Apparently, the coil is a pretty big fix. We knew our A/C was coming to the end of it's life. Most around here last an average of 15 years because they are used nearly year round. We are just over the 15 year mark. The temporary fix the man did lasted about 24 hours, so we've had windows open and fans on. It got up to 91° today. We're hot. We're sweaty. But the good thing is we are at the end of the summer season and the temperatures are supposed to drop this week. The hardest part has been bed time. The kids aren't used to having their backs stick to their sheets. We'll get it fixed this week and in the meantime we'll shower frequently.
This evening we had gnocci for dinner. It was a different type of gnocci than we had had in the past, so I only put one on Caroline's plate to see if she liked it. She ate it and said, "I love this. Can I have more snocci?" More snocci coming up.
Josiah's artwork of the week.
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