Stuff

Lucked out today at the DMV! We have been needing to get Andrew's (non-driving) state ID card renewed. I sat tight yesterday and didn't go, because Monday tends to be a horribly busy day. When we showed up today, we didn't even have time to sit down and wait before they called us; we walked straight to the window. Yee haw!

Andrew also needs new sandals. But his feet are bigger than what's available in stores. Payless theoretically carries his size, but usually not wide enough. And when they do have some in his size, there are usually only a handful of choices. So I websurfed for sandals in his size. Oy! The price! We wanted some $5 flip-flops. Fat chance.

It's not raining today! Finally a chance to cut hay. (No, we don't have cattle. No, we don't have timothy and alfalfa growing. It's just the lawn.) The newspaper reports that the average August rainfall is 4". The day Philip left for Japan we had 7". And since then another 7-8" more. We're on high ground, and even our lawn is soggy. At least the basement has only had dribbles of water coming in now and then. I don't know what this will do to the farmers' crops. But at least it's beginning to replenish the water table that has been dropping so badly the last several years.