What May Brings

May in New Orleans. One thing May always seems to bring to New Orleans is street flooding from huge rainstorms. This May did not disappoint. Around 3 am the deafening cracks of thunder and lightning started, then the power went out -- a few times. Of course, it woke me up just in time to see the numbers on the bedside clock fade to black. That was also about the time I realized I'm definitely coming down with a head cold. Crap! By dawn the weather had eased up considerably, and it didn't get really bad again until early afternoon when a deep and slow-moving line of thunderstorms dumped 4 or 5 inches of monsoon-quality rain on the city, flooding some local streets and making things messy for the folks out at the Jazz Festival. Streets were closed here and there, especially the underpasses that always flood. The drainage pumps were struggling to keep up and obviously failing in some spots. Nonetheless, a few idiots still tried their luck getting through. Some made it, some didn't. Why would you drive your car through water that is clearly three feet deep, especially when you have to go around a barricade and National Guard truck to do it? Anyway, it's a good day for rain since I'm feeling under the weather and am certainly not inclined to go out for a wet training ride. I guess tomorrow is kind of up in the air for me too. Just as well, since I've been taking cold medicines and haven't gotten much productive work done today. Guess I'll have to bring some homework with me this evening.

My dad should be moving to rehab some time in the next day or so. His speech problem has been changed from "moderate to severe" to "moderate to mild" which means he can say the words for maybe 70% of the pictures you show him, which seems to be an improvement. Not so much recovery is apparent on the motor skills however.