Sweet Relief

It's raining. This is such a welcome sight during July in Texas. Any chance of rain is latched on to like a 2 for 1 coupon from Taco Bell. The mere thought of moisture falling from the sky is enough to make grownups giddy, dancing and skipping around the house.

The reason? It costs so darn much to water the yard, it is almost the brown grass to save the money. It shouldn't cost more to water your grass than it does to buy a car. But it does. And we pay it, just to enjoy some greenery in the backyard. I'm not sure what is so wrong about making the kids play in a dust bowl, but the wife has spoken.

So I watch the weather report, plead and beg for rain, and then sit on the back porch and watch it come down. Nirvana. Until we get 5 straight days of it in November, then it's complaining about the rain and wishing for some heat and sun.