Drinking from a firehose

A few days ago the Washington Post pushed this post https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/07/22/carolyn-hax-mom-talked-down-dog-ownership/ and since I love advice columns, I had to follow the link. It revealed this fabulous bit of wisdom:

Re: Mothers Over-Mothering: My older brother got so tired of our mom’s heartfelt “Be. Careful!!" every time he left the house that our mutual farewell is now “Drive fast! Aim for trees!”

— Anonymous

Today was not a good day for that expression as the poor husband nearly spun out of control while trying to leave his work's parking garage. And the roads were so poor it took him twice as long to get home as it normally does. Happily he's home safe & sound and I'm keeping him inside for the rest of the night.

...looked exactly like styrofoam.

After a considerable amount of internal debate, I convinced my body it wanted to get out of bed and get ready for a thrilling day of weeding and chipping the pile of brush littering my driveway. I had breakfast, checked my usual batch of websites (boing boing, LOL cats, and woot), and realized it seemed a little dark outside. "Well," I told myself, "it could be simply overcast." I rolled up the window shade for a closer look and saw drops of water on top of the air conditioner. I went out to the kitchen for a better look and that's when the rain *really* began to fall.

It could be worse though -- I could have been outside, having hauled everything I need out of the garage, when the rainstorm started.

After a considerable amount of internal debate, I convinced my body it wanted to get out of bed and get ready for a thrilling day of weeding and chipping the pile of brush littering my driveway. I had breakfast, checked my usual batch of websites (boing boing, LOL cats, and woot), and realized it seemed a little dark outside. "Well," I told myself, "it could be simply overcast." I rolled up the window shade for a closer look and saw drops of water on top of the air conditioner. I went out to the kitchen for a better look and that's when the rain *really* began to fall.

It could be worse though -- I could have been outside, having hauled everything I need out of the garage, when the rainstorm started.