Rain, rain, go away

It’s raining. It’s been raining for so many hours straight (we’re talking days) that I’m starting to feel like that character in the Ray Bradbury story on Venus where it rains all the time, trying to tell the other kids what it was like on Earth when she saw the sun.

I actually like rain, but not continuously. I like a little variety with my weather.

Anyway, aside from being fed up with rain, I have high hopes that I can present Evil Angie with a novel to edit when she returns from RT. Because she’ll probably be missing her red pen and feeling anxious to get back to work. Heh. I’m bumping along in the ending, which I’ve been doing for about as long as it’s been raining (forever, approximately), and things are going nicely. So, I’ll get back to it, pausing occasionally to scowl out my window at the rain.

13 reasons I can’t do thursday 13

1. I can’t seem to stick to the topic.

2. I forget it’s Thursday and post something else.

3. I have triskaidekaphobia.

4. OK, actually a list of 13 just seems really long. How will I come up with enough things to fill the list?

5. I’m already out of ideas.

6. I need a donut. We don’t have any donuts. I need to go shopping.

7. See, I’m off topic already. I suck at Thursday 13.

8. 8? 8? I forget what 8 was for (start singing Violent Femmes)

9. Wonder if I will still remember punk music song lyrics when I’m 90 and can’t remember what day it is.

10. Oh, yeah, I already can’t remember what day it is. See reason #2.

11. What was the topic?

12. I really need a donut.

13. Hey. Donuts come in baker’s dozens. 13 can be good…

I’m not a man

The whale-watch hike was fun, and the husband and toddler took many pictures, but not of whales. The pod was at first beach while we were at second, and when we drove down, they’d moved on. But it was nice to hike the trail, and I’m once again impressed with the toddler’s ability with a camera.

After which, we had a discussion about the origins of the discovery that Diet Coke and Mentos will explode.

Me: Who came up with this? Somebody just decided to drop a Mentos into a Diet Coke one day?

Husband: Somebody had a Mentos in their mouth and then took a swig of Diet Coke.

Me: Why would anybody be eating a Mentos and drinking Diet Coke at the same time? Who would do that?

Husband *stares*: You’re not a guy. Trust me, that’s how it happened. And it was a guy.

Me: What?

Husband: Women think of Mentos as breath mints. Men just eat them. While drinking Diet Coke.

He’s probably right. You don’t see any women participating in the exploding Diet Coke and Mentos videos, do you?