WTF, It's Tuesday

Leah smacked me for complaining about the rain last week (or whenever the heck it was). Just because the state's been in a long drought that was starting to make the Dust Bowl more imaginable . . . well, I'VE HAD ENOUGH RAIN. I don't want it to stop forever. I just want to walk out in my yard one time and not sink into the soggy muck. I want to mow the whole freakin' yard once more before winter. I want the slimy green yuck growing on the rock steps I built with my own freakin' hands to GO AWAY.

Then it can rain again. Every Monday, six a.m. to noon. That should do nicely.

I did get a little trimming done this morning before the rain started again. The grass was too tall and too wet for the mower, so I had to take the trimmer out. I was wet from the knees down by the time I finished. I'd scheduled an hour, and that's about what I had when the wet coming down from the sky started to match the wet flying up from the grass.

Started reading Harry Potter 2 last night. You know I love the books, but they're not perfect by any means. Harry's home life is just downright depressing, and the world-building isn't always consistent. And the kids at Hogwarts must be the most superficial kids in the world. One minute they're awed by Harry, the next he's their hero, the next they suspect him of dastardly deeds.

And have you noticed how the truth serum only comes out when it's convenient to the plot? Right now I'm at the point where Harry's suspected of putting the cat and the kids in a state of suspended animation. Someone attacking students at the school -- sounds like a great time to whip up a little veritas or whatever it's called. But, no, that would clear things up too quickly. So instead we dawdle along with people making accusations and pointing fingers and, basically, doing nothing until Harry proves his own innocence.

All that aside, though, Rowling tells a good story, and in the end, that's what we read for, isn't it? To be entertained, caught up in a story to the point that we don't notice its problems? And this is like, the fifth time I've read this book, so I'm clearly entertained!

Rachel9:45 AM