I just calculated the amount of rainfall for the last six months. In that time we have been blessed with 79.09" of rain. The back yard is sopping wet. I need my four wheel drive to get around in it as I need to use the back yard to turn around.

My ex-wife is in the hospital with heart trouble combined with a fever. Though I make as though she is the devil herself I do hope she is OK. My daughters would be heartbroken if their mother were to slip away.

We are in November, the month of holidays. Of course there are Veterans' Day and Thanksgiving but I work for a Catholic school so we also had November 2, All Souls' Day, off. Then December 8 we have the Feast of the Immaculate Conception off as well as Christmas break starting on December 22. I estimate we have 28 school days left in the semester.

I've been shopping for a new car. I don't like letting go of the pickup but it only gets 21 miles to the gallon. A new Hyundai gets upwards of 40 gets up to 40 miles to the gallon. It will take a bit longer to scrape up a bit more money to get a decent down payment together. Currently I'm considering the Elantra. I hate car shopping.