Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Drizzle is here... and the 100th day of the Worst Environmental Disaster in US history!

It’s raining here in the rainy season of Florida, no surprise here!
But it, the rain, was kind enough to wait until after five this evening giving most of us plenty of time to enjoy all outdoor activities during the day. I am quite sure that most were done in water or with water at hand literally, since it was quite hot, nothing unusual there either; this is summer in Florida and it is our way! You either stay in air-conditioning or do the prior mentioned watery concept.
And yes, we did have another ninety degree day with heat indices in the low to mid one hundreds.
Geez, compared to much of the country we are having a cool wave!
The drizzle is maintaining a steady gentle beat and has dropped the temps a few degrees too and although its announcement of its arrival was quite low, deep and thunderous, but somehow tamed itself once its moisture released; buildups have that result.

Now we are thinking that this is just what we needed here.
With the heat and as dry as it has been the mild rains are a reaffirmation and thirst buster for all floras in the landscape; a beautification and rejuvenation.

We are not receiving lightening yet, but the TV meteorologist just reported we will be getting a wilder storm soon so I better finish before we lose power!

Today was the 100th day of the oil leak and the twelfth of the temporary cap working, but folks before you all get excited and think our problem is all over there are over 180 million gallons of crude oil roaming around in the Gulf of Mexico, and some has broken up and dissipated but much is still slowly washing ashore in the western and middle northern Gulf to our Florida panhandle still and for decades to come. Hopefully they, all who are in-charge, will continue on the proposed path which has the schedule to have the relief wells dug and hooked up and in place by next month.

Personally I got my swim in early before ten, and that’s the way I have been avoiding the hot sun on my misguided shoulders…you would think after twenty-four years of living here they would have gotten over this hurdle of adaptation by now, wouldn’t you?
But oh no, mine decided to act up this year!
I still wear a hat, dark shades, and zinc oxide on my face including my nose.
Scary I bet!
But Hubby is used to me by now.
And unofficially he’s my lifeguard.
I say unofficially because I did get my life saving certificate years ago, and taught those years of Acquacize as a certified instructor, but I am a physical disaster these days and even the best swimmer should never swim alone!
That’s why our sons went to water baby classes at the Y, when infants and toddlers.
This state is so notorious for children drowning; it is so very sad.
We always lived near water our first home was a townhouse condo on a creek with a pool at our clubhouse, and so that’s why we had them in classes, our next home that we built we had a lake nearby and our own pool, and the next we had a pool and lived across from the ocean etc.
Children, mainly toddlers, are so fast, never ever leave them alone in or out of water!
Don’t let yourself get distracted with your phone or anything else when you’re with them be totally with them! I tell you this from experience and mine are still alive, at ages 34 and 38 years old respectively; so there!

On that silly note of bragging over something that has nothing to do with my parenting skills any longer good night to all and to all count those blessings and we will too!

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