aaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!

I've been trying to avoid cursing as it seems like the polite thing to do. But. But! Shit and fucking fuck! It is still raining here!

We have had a few days without rain here and there. I think we have actually had two days without rain since november. November!

The past few days however have been freakishly monsoon like. Torrential wind and rain. My house is surrounded by two and three hundred foot cedars - hundreds of them. Plus, a bunch of equally tall birch and fir trees, several of which are dead. Dead and ready to fall. The other night as i listened to the wind howl i seriously considered writing a "just in case you never hear from me again" post.

Today the wind stepped it up a notch and the power has gone out three times, the last one for five hours. We had to eat dinner at mcdonalds! So gross. The occasional happy meal lunch i can handle. But dinner. For me. No way.

The power is probably going to go out again any moment. Wish us luck as we all hunker down together in one freezing, but smelly, room in our freezing, but clean, house.