Rainy Sunday

 I went to sleep before 3AM at least, and woke up at 11. I could tell it had rained, and looked at the radar map - big band of rain coming. 

The rain came through and I'm debating with myself whether to go to the store. If I go slow I won't get all splattered, and it being Sunday means traffic will be minimal. I assume I'll be rained in into Wednesday as the rain will only be heavier the next couple of days. 

I ended up going out, to Sprouts for macadamia nuts, a cucumber, and Spry gum, and H Mart for coffee, T.P., some other odds and ends, and as a reward a package of cooked marinated pork strips that were every bit as good as they looked. Yum! 

I stopped by Tom's but he wasn't in. His big truck was there but maybe he's over in Reno picking up his small one. "Small" meaning F-250 size, but small compared to his box truck. 

I also noticed almost all of the RVs along Rogers Avenue have been taken away. Almost none of them could move under their own power so it's not like they all drove off. They were not kidding when they put those orange stickers on them - they all got towed. The ever-troublesome Renee's RV is still there but she doesn't come around here any more - just moves from street to street as she fights with various people and they make her move. 

Today's rain was just a little bit compared to what's coming, according to the news. I have an idea though. I'm going to try to meet the mailman when he comes by tomorrow and hand the USPS packages off to him. He's been using a big truck lately so it should be no problem. 

It was nice out riding around with less traffic, and as the sun set there was a beautiful sky - an "opposite sunset" due to the sun shining on a really tall cloud formation and that reflecting light onto other clouds so that there were patches of pink all over the sky. 

Busking has made this week work out well. I've only spent $100 out of this week's pay check, spent money like I'm mad at it and still have about $29 on hand. I've been aiming for a 50:50 spend:save ratio, saving $200 and spending $200 but with busking I can save $300 out of each check. This is going to be great considering when I move back to Hawaii, life is going to be very expensive, initially.