noah.

 
Surely someone, somewhere, is building an ark.

All this rain means the mines won't operate, which means M doesn't go to work, which means he doesn't get paid. But like Noah, we are prepared for 40 days and 40 nights of rain. I think. We have board games for the adults, and activities for the little one. We have lots of shows we can watch on tv, and I have a pile of books just begging to be read. We have money in the bank, 100 tea light candles and three lighters, snuggly warm blankets for our bed and our couch, and a secure roof over our head.

It's not heavy tropical downpours here, it's just a constant drizzle. Like our noses. The first cold epidemic has swept through, leaving behind runny noses and nods that "everyone seems to be getting sick this week."

When the sun comes out, I frantically start loading up the machine, and sit with eyes on the sky, alert for any more rain.

M took me a drive last week after church, but the roads were flooded out.We made many really, really bad jokes at how he really knows how to sweep a girl off her feet... by getting swept off a road.

1. What animal does that footprint belong to??? M and I couldn't figure it out. Surely it's not a kangaroo? Because if it was a kangaroo, then why don't they have a kangaroo pictured?

2. Previous photo tells us that the indicators will show depth. You know there is really no point trying to road if you can't see indicators. We also couldn't even see the layout of the road... like, ok, the sign says to turn left, but if you look left, there are a row of trees so where do you go after turning left? M and I are so bugged by this that we've vowed to return when the water levels go down, just to see where the road is.