Today is a squishy morning. Stepping outside and walking to the mailbox, the stepping stones make a sqooshy, squishy, squelchy sound. There are big puddles of water dotting our yard though we don't have Lake Howell out in the back anymore. Reagan wants to go mud puddle hopping, but I can't let her because of her cold.
Yesterday, Jonathan heroically put Tyvek over some of the exposed parts of the house. There is still quite a bit more to do, but at least part of it is done. I didn't ask him how fun it was to tromp around in ankle deep mud, armed with a stapler, scissors and a roll of white, clingy plastic stuff. I suppose for a boy it must have been great fun. I know of several little boys that would have been thrilled to be doing that.
Today, I slept through the alarm clock. I slept through Kate getting ready for school. I slept through Tanner leaving and coming back. I woke up when I started to cough and choke because I was sleeping on my back. I woke up confused and ready to start running around throwing things together because we had to get Kate to school. Tanner started to laugh. Through my choking gasps, I glared at him after he explained that Kate was already at school. I must have been tired. I'm not coughing now and my head actually feels cleared up and less foggy. I'm just hoping that this is really the end to this cold.
Cloudy days are kind of unusual in Texas. If you were sitting inside you would think that it was going to snow. Once you step outside, you'd change your mind because the wind would hit you with a blast of heated air, and your skin would uncrinkle and relax as it absorbed the soft, damp humidity of 72 degree bayou air. I realize it's not bayou, but it almost is. I'm sure some staunch Louisiannaian is going to say that I'm way off my mark, and this weather is much more mild and more enjoyable, etc..., but I'm an Oregonian, and any type of humidity is just really WAY over the top.
On a political note, after the State of the Union speech, the secessionist movement got a huge boost here in Texas. Of course, Tanner had to quip, "don't seceed, just kick the other 49 out!"
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