Nice weather if you're a duck!

[bk_forever]

Oh Lord, what a day! Thunderstorms, torrential rain and I had to take Misty to the vet for his check up.

Wasn't too bad setting out. The rain was pouring by then, but I already had the garage and the drive gates open so I only had to dash through the rain for a minute. By the time I pulled out of the garage though, the rain was so heavy visibility wasn't too good, so I was driving pretty slowly and thankfully all the other drivers seemed to be taking more care than usual too. Just as well - one of the roads I have to use dips down and then up again and it's completely flooded for about 15 feet, under at least 6 inches of water. Really don't want to go through that too fast!

Thankfully, by the time I reached the vet the rain was easing up so I didn't get too wet making a dash for the waiting room. Which was packed with dogs. Felt like it anyway! One huge Husky, one chocolate Labrador and a Bull Terrier that really wanted my rabbit and nearly pulled its owner off his chair three times trying to get to him. Oh, and there was a Shih Tzu puppy too - easy to overlook among the others.

Anyway, Misty is booked in next Tuesday to have a very overgrown tooth removed. I'd hoped it wouldn't come to that, but despite his age his teeth are still growing. *sigh* George the vet did present me with a lovely bunch of homegrown carrot tops for Misty though, which was nice.

The rain held off until I was home and had the car put away, but it started up again while I was putting mum's mobility scooter back in the garage. I managed that and one of the bikes before the heavens opened, trapping me there. I figured I'd wait it out, but then along came the postman and left two parcels propped against the door of the house across the road. It's only shielded by a tiny porch overhang and the car was gone so I figured no one was home and the parcels, whatever they were, would be ruined in just a few minutes, so being the mad fool I am, I dived out in the rain, grabbed a big plastic bag from our porch and scampered across the road to wrap the parcels against the wet. Turned out the man of the house was in, but his wife had taken the keys so he couldn't open the door. I was wet by then anyway, so I passed the parcels through the window and dashed back across the road and into the garage again. There wasn't much point though, I was soaked to the skin already, so I got the other bike put away, pulled down the garage door, and got a deluge of water off it. I think most of it missed me, but I was so wet anyway it was hard to tell. I think I was laughing like a mad woman by that point, it was all so ridiculous.

I was so glad to get changed into dry clothes though. My jacket and jeans were drenched and the rain had even got inside my shoes and made my socks wet! Of course, mum had to wait until I'd changed to tell me we were out of milk, so I had to change back and go out in the rain again to the corner shop, in my wellies this time to save my feet from another soaking. What fun.

At least I'm dry now. Of course, now I'm home and indoors. it's stopped raining and the sun has come out. Typical! Maybe I can hang my wet clothes out and get them dry...

Comments

[too-beauty.livejournal.com]

OMG you had a real adventure! I remembered those sudden and "tropical like" storms when I was living in Bournemouth, wind and rain is not the best combination.
Hope Misty will do well next week and he should teach his teeth to stop growing ;)
Hope you are now dry and comfy and enjoying the sun :)

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

We had a big downpour Friday night. There was no rain predicted so I had no umbrella, no coat (it had been hot)no nothing.

I came out of a local theater and had to make a dash for a taxi. I was soaked with just that short distance.

Being a weather forecaster is the only job where you can be wrong 100% of the time and not get fired.

[bk_forever]

It was a bit crazy! I've never seen that road flodded before, but I think we got about a month's rain overnight judging by the water level. I've never had to drive through water like that and I swear it was even deeper on the way back.

The sun's gone in again and it's stifling outside again, too hot and humid to breathe, so I'm staying in with the windows shut to keep the worst of the heat out. Storms usually clear the air, but we've had several overnight and this morning and they've not helped at all.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed too. I really didn't want him having yet more surgery at his age, but there's no way around it, the tooth must come out before it starts causing serious problems. Poor Misty.

I am dry not, but very tired. Didn't sleep well last night, the thunder kept waking me up.

[bk_forever]

So true!

I'm only glad it was warm rain so I didn't mind too much, plus I had a rain hat on. My hair is the only thing that didn't get wet. At least I knew what the weather was like - it was impossible to miss since the storms had been raging the entire night.

I thought it was only in Britain that people needed to take an umbrella with them even on sunny days, just in case. Hope you were soon home and able to get dry, sitting in a car feeling all wet is horrible. I was lucky not to get drenched until I was home.

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, it was a short cab ride. I was greeted by Teddy & Ida who were terribly concerned (not) as I stood dripping wet in the kitchen.

"Feed Me! Feed Me!"

Yeah, I fed them before I left for the play.

[bk_forever]

They should count themselves lucky that they weren't the ones out in the downpour!

Glad you were home in the dry quickly though. It's bad enough getting soaked, but staying that way for any length of time is no fun at all. Dry clothes are bliss!

[neverminetohold.livejournal.com]

As they say, no good deed goes unpunished ;) But I think it was very nice of you to run over despite the rain to save the parcels; I wish our neighbors were that considerate!

I hope Misty will be alright!

[bk_forever]

On our street, we've always tried to help each other out whenever we can. I've lived in this house all my life and while some of our neighbours are fairly new, we get along well with each other, there's still real community spirit here which is why I hope I never have to move.

At least the rain was warm and i had a rain hat on so my hair stayed dry. It was the only thing that did, lol!

Thank you, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. it'll be his second surgery this year and he had dental work done four times last year. It's a lot for an old rabbit but he's always had trouble with his teeth. i hope this will be the last time - he doesn't have many teeth left!

[milady-dragon.livejournal.com]

That just sounds like so much fun! Not!

When I went to Florida for my vacation, it rained every day I was there. When I got back home, it was to rain...and it rained every day for a week and a half. It was nuts! So I kinda know what you're going through.

And of course the sun always comes out just after you got soaked, twice!

[bk_forever]

LOL! Until yesterday, this was the dryest July here in over 240 years! Then the rains came... About the only things happy today were the frogs.

I think the weather sometimes does that on purpose, rain following people from place to place just for fun. Weather demons perhaps.

We had more rain again this afternoon, but it's still no cooler. You step outside and it's almost too hot to breathe. I think I'm actually glad it was pouring rain this morning, at least the air was breathable even if at times I felt like I was driving through a river.

Missed seeing you around, hope life is being kind to you!

[lexxiescott]

Sounds like you had quite the day. Rains like that can be fun, but not being out in them. :) Glad you were able to get in and get dried off.

*hugs* for Misty. I can't be fun for him. Hope this is the last one.

[milady-dragon.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean! That was here too, it was so hot and humid you'd go outside and it was like being smacked in the face with a hot, soaked towel. Mom got sick after going outside, but she's fine now.

Yeah, my laptop's hard drive crashed, which is why I haven't been around. I finally got my computer back, and luckily the tech was able to save a lot of my stuff. Good thing, I have a lot of writing on this thing!

[neverminetohold.livejournal.com]

Our street was like that, too. I've lived here all my life as well (except for the first year of my life) and my grandfather was very much a part of our town's community. But then, some darn stupid rumors were spread in revenge because of an argument - I don't know the details and I don't want to either - and people started to keep their distance from us, though never when my grandfather was still around. That's so stupid!

Everyone has teeth trouble, even our pets ^.^"

[bk_forever]

Couldn't reply to this last night because LJ was down.

I really hope this is the last surgery for Misty too, he's been through so much, especially over the last year and I worry every time he has to have surgery,

I realised last night that it was the first time I've ever driven through water. Many times on family holidays I've been a passenger when dad's driven though a ford, but I've never done the driving myself. I was a bit worried on the way home because the water was deeper and made worse by the steeper angle of the road on that side, I didn't want to get stuck because of water flooding the engine, but I got through okay. Hope it's drained away by next Tuesday though. I can't take an alternate route because the other roads are closed due to tram construction work.

[bk_forever]

Oh, that's such a shame! People should know better than to listen to rumours.

Yeah, and dental work on pets is expensive too.

[bk_forever]

Eeek! That's bad! That's why I keep all my stuff backed up on an external hard drive AND a memory stick, just to be certain I don't lose anything.

Glad you're back in business again though.

I'm staying in as much as possible, I don't handle the heat well at all. Hope you're mum can stay out of it too, mine doesn't step outside unless she really has to.

[milady-dragon.livejournal.com]

Yep, what made it worse was the fact that I have an external hard drive, and am usually good about backing up...but I hadn't in a couple of months because I've been so busy lately. I've since learned my lesson and plan on backing up at least once a month.

[bk_forever]

I guess that means I'm paranoid - I back everything up daily. I really am terrified I'll lose some of my writing, especially after the problems I had when my last computer died. I'd never be able to re-write stuff if I lost it and I've actually been doing some writing other than drabbles lately.

I hope you didn't lose anything.

[lexxiescott]

Stupid livejournal. Always goes down at the worst times.

It can't be easy for him. Surgery is hard on everyone.

Driving through water isn't fun. I've never done it, just been a passenger, but Mum and I ended up in a flooded area last year when we were in Florida during a tropical storm. If I'd opened my door, the car would have flooded. I don't know how we made it through. It's really wicked scary.

[bk_forever]

It's fine if you're driving through a proper ford where the water is quite shallow, as long as there's not been a lot of rain and the current isn't too strong. Driving through flood water is a whole different animal though. You don't know how deep it's going to get or what the ground underneath is like, you can't be sure you won't be hit by a flood surge and it's hard to tell sometimes which way the current is flowing or how strong it might be. I was lucky I only had to drive though a few metres, sounds like your experience was far scarier.

Yeah, I've had more than enough surgery to last a lifetime, but I think Misty has now overtaken me, this will be either his eighth or ninth surgery. Poor old thing. He's a tough old bunny though, and in good health otherwise.

[lexxiescott]

Not something I want to repeat, that's for sure. I'll have to bring some of the pics over from my facebook page. This was a city street, so we knew there wouldn't be dips, but it would have been up to my hips had I been out walking and I'm 5'7". That's a tropical storm system though.

Surgery is no fun for anyone. Sounds like he'll be able to pull through this one. Really, really hope it's the last one he has to go through.

[bk_forever]

Yikes! I'm only 5ft tall, I would have drowned! (Can't swim). At least I only had to drive through water a few inches deep. My car is low to the ground so in must have been nearly lapping at the doors, but I was more worried about it swamping the engine. I don't how your car kept going!

Keeping everything crossed it will be the last time.

[lexxiescott]

In a few places, you might have. It was pretty bad.

Wow, yeah, water in engines is not good. I think ours was sealed against it, given the part of the world we were in.

[bk_forever]

I guess in some places that's a necessary precaution.

I had visions of having to call my mechanic. "Um, Richard, I'm stuck in a big puddle and the engine's died, and I have my rabbit with me." Well, he already knows I'm nuts, I had to call him out once because I lost one of my battery connectors in the engine cavity of my previous car, and then had to drive to the garage when I caught my wing mirror on the gatepost and knocked it half off because I didn't have the strength in my hands to wrestle it back into position.

[tardisjournal.livejournal.com]

What an adventure! Misty is lucky to have such a dedicated person to take care of him. A lot of people would have just cancelled, I think!

Interestingly, we had a massive thunderstorm at the same time, but we're five hours behind so it was late at night/early in the morning. It woke me up out of a sound sleep and it sounded like the thunder as coming from right on top of the house. And the rain was coming down in sheets. I love thunderstorms--have been known to go take walks in them on purpose--but even I was frightened. It went on so long it seemed like the world was ending. I wanted to call Torchwood because the storm definitely didn't seem like it was normal! Is there a Rift over Philadelphia, do you think?

Glad you (and Misty) are OK!

[bk_forever]

I seriously considered cancelling, but I don't cope well with hot weather and the rain was at least making things a bit cooler so I went anyway.

I love watching storms, but I prefer to do so from indoors - I'm not a huge fan of getting soaked as usually it makes me cold. Didn't mind so much this time because I was already home and could go straight indoors and change into try clothes I'd put out for when I got home. I was pretty sure I'd get wet so I prepared ahead of time. What I didn't expect was the flooded road, that was a bit scary. It was only a few metres but it was deep enough to make me worry about the engine of my little car getting swamped. I didn't want to be stranded in the middle! Never driven through water before, it was like driving through a river and it was worse coming back because the road from that direction dips down at a steeper angle so you're going nose down into water. The other way, the road mostly levels out before you reach the flooded bit.

Who knows? It's possible! Storms right overhead are definitely a bit freaky. we had a HUGE clap of thunder after I got home that came out of nowhere and sounded like an explosion right overhead. i didn't see any lighting, just heard this huge boom that seemed to echo forever. Didn't like that much.

Misty's okay, he's on painkillers once a day up until his op, then twice a day for a few days afterwards, but he'll probably be on the painkillers a lot of the time now because he has an artritic back, something that's common with old bunnies. I can sympathise.

[lexxiescott]

It can be, yeah.

Oh, that would have been a phone call. Would he have come out to help you in the storm?

Being nuts is the only way to survive most days. *Grins*

[bk_forever]

He'd have come. He was an apprentice working with my ex-brother in law when I got my first car 33 years ago and he's takren care of all my cars since then. The garage he works at and now part owns is just a little way along the road from my vets so he wouldn't have had far to come. He's always been really helpful.

Being nuts is the best way to be! Being completely sane is not a pleasant thought.

[lexxiescott]

Sounds like a nice guy. :)

That's the honest truth. I'd rather be seen as insane any day.

[bk_forever]

He is, I really got lucky there, it's good to have a reliable mechanic.

[timelordshines.livejournal.com]

Yikes, what a day!
I'm guessing you've dried out by now though! Lol.
Unless you got caught in the same storm we had earlier this evening... luckily I was in and dry, and the cats appeared shortly after it started raining and let me towel them dry too. Gordon is quite used to it, but the neighbour's cat, Tigger, made a bit more of a fuss!

[bk_forever]

I got dried out, yes, but then got trapped in the garage by an even worse storm a few days later. And while Misty was in surgery and I was out shopping, the sole fell off one of my shoes and I had to trek around the shops in one and a half shoes trying to find something that would fit. Turns out our only shoe shop has closed down (how helpful), but I eventually found a pair in a charity shop. We used to have four shoe shops when I was in my teens, now we don't have any.

Things are not being helpful at the moment.