It All Caught Up

It all caught up with me yesterday.  The early hours. The fatigue.  The heat.  The stress at work.  Even this landscaping project that's still hanging over my head. 

It all caught up and I was so tired I went to bed at 6:30.  I don't normally like going to bed that early, because I usually wake up around midnight and can't get back to sleep; not so last night.  I slept all the way through -- except for a couple of bathroom breaks, that is -- and was still sound asleep when the alarm went off at 3:30.  

And apparently had slept through a pretty good thunderstorm judging by the notifications that were on my phone when I woke up. 

This is why you need a good quality weather radio on hand and multiple ways to get alerts.  Heh, I was watching a video from Adam Couser a while back and he was reacting to a video about a tornado.  I think it might have been Rolling Fork, but I'm not sure.  Anyway, the storm chaser, which I'm pretty sure was Freddy McKinney, had the emergency alert go off on his phone and Adam like to have jumped out of his chair. 

All the Americans watching laughed our heads off!  Truly, that sound is enough to make you jump right out of the bed.  Adam is not safe for work or small children by the way, but he's pretty funny. 

By the way, Ryan Hall has his own app out now called WeatherWise.  He said it's a weather app for weather geeks, and there's a whole lot of stuff you can do in it, even in the free version, like access hazcams and follow some of the storm chasers.  It's still in development, but worth the free download.  

Speaking of rain, we are now nearly 9" above average for the year, 

which is why the landscaping still hasn't been done.  I had so hoped to be further along than this by this time, but no.  It just won't. Stop. Raining.  

And guess what it's supposed to do this weekend?  Rain.  

Sigh...

Still, Mr. 'Mater doesn't seem to be bothered by all the rain.  He's loaded down with baby maters.

And I harvested my first banana pepper, as well.  

I've only got one so far, but there appear to be a few more starting to come on. 

And finally, a knitting friend loaned me her copy of the Baby Surprise Jacket pattern, so I cast on right away. 

The pattern says to use sport weight yarn to knit a newborn size, and the only yarn I don't have in abundance is...you guessed it, sport weight. So I cast on in worsted weight, and they can put it back for later.  

Or maybe I'll give it next year for Christmas.  I don't know...I'll figure it out.