The heaven's opened

Rain from pre-dawn through now....probably in excess of 3 inches. Sunlight nonexistent. Enough rain to actually move the heaps of leaves from the gutters in the streets.

Picked up the bike yesterday, all tuned up and ready for the next 6 months. Funny story - as I am driving home with the bike on the rack on the trunk of the car, I look and notice while the headlight is still there, the tail light is gone. Just the mounting bracket in place. I wonder if it is worth calling the shop. When I get home, I park the bike in the storage room. And there on the bag of the mower is the light - must have gotten knocked off earlier when we were moving a bed out and the whole row of bikes knocked over.

Counting down until no students. All review this week, which is a challenge in itself, keeping it interesting. Plus the kids are becoming more of a handful, and we are cracking down as need be. Just so difficult when we are being instructed by the administration to teach to the test (despite claiming not to).

The holidays mean candy. Ordered some of the annual caramel box (5 pounds) from the Mississippi Abbey. Nuns. Convent. Happy prayerful candy. Which made me think of this candy store near Colorado Springs, in a little touristy town on the way to Pike's Peak. They had tons of cool candy, plus made their own fudge. Oldest daughter found some peppermint ribbon candy the other day which brought back memories. That was the traditional candy growing up for Christmas, aside from my mother's homemade fudge. Nowdays I really enjoy candied ginger (I get some good stuff from World Bazaar).

Last three days without the bike I have been at the Y, on the recumbent bike. To ease the muscle strain/tension in my neck I hold a towel across the back of my neck, which gives some arm workout too. Don't like to think about the neck much, the idea of surgery is pretty unpleasant.