Its pouring rain outside this morning - YAY! Im just disappointed it is not supposed to last any length of time. ^ Wait...did I just say YAY to RAIN? Me? The one who hates damp and cold? Well Ill be hogswalloped - I did. I can get over the ache in my joints, for rain this year. As a matter of fact, I hope it rains at least once every week until April. Then and only then, would our reservoirs be back to good levels, and the underground water have any kind of chance of restoring itself. I know this wont happen, but a gal can dream. The commute this morning is going to SUCK, but I dont even mind. Its interesting how even in the midst of the worst drought in California history, people pay little mind to it. Business as usual for the vast majority, and I even read that it is nearly always the lower-income folks who conserve the most, while in rich neighborhoods nothing changes - and consumption even went UP this past year. Thats crazy. I actually let a lot of my normal growing lie fallow and dried up, because that was the only additional way of saving water that I could come up with (we practice good habits with water conservation). Grew no vegetables, and barely kept my fruit trees going. I will probably do the same next year as well, much as I love to grow our own food. I can find other things to work on, no doubt. There are plenty of jobs around the farm that I have not yet addressed, that I can throw my shoulders and back into. Eventually - at least I hope so - we will be in a better place with our reserves, and I will go back to planting. I dont think people realize just how desperate the situation is, here. As long as water comes out of the tap when they turn it on, its no big deal. But I suppose that is one of humanitys biggest saving graces - and biggest curses - our ability to not worry about/over everything, incessantly. If we did, wed soon go collectively even crazier than we already are. Some people naturally worry more than others; I am not talking about that. Just picture how your brain would be, if every last thing you heard or were told, got stuck in your brain on endless loop of fear. A terrifying thought, that. Dont expect a Fast Food Review again today - I am not completely bonkers (yet). I have no intention of putting my body through multiple weekly assaults via fast food. But every couple weeks, sure. And rest assured I will be searching out menu items that I would normally never touch...because thats funnier than eating something I might actually like. Happy Friday, yall!
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:24:45 +0000
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