Rain Rain and Yesterday

It's been raining for two days. A pond is now under the house. Rue is in the house. She trys to jump on me everytime it thunders. I threw her off of me and she landed half-way on the other chair. She is big, too. My arm is sore. I showed her some safe places to hide, like under the bed and under the stairs, but she is currently lying beside me. The weather has calmed down a bit. She slept with me last night and shook the whole bed with her nerves. I tried calming her like I would a baby, rocking and rhythmic humming, but I began to feel silly. I led her to under the bed and she gladly went. I was then able to go to sleep. She is my dog....

Yesterday I started working in the upstairs bedroom. I found a bag of old baby clothes from when my oldest brother was a baby. I recognize the clothes from the pictures I've been looking at. It was a sweet experience touching and folding them. I imagined Mother folding them when they were new. And her excitement over her mother having made some of them. I also began taking Mom's clothes out of the closet and folding them in preparation to give them away. I found kleenex and hard candies in the pockets of her blazers. Of course I got sad again. A bitter-sweet sadness. I also found some old dresses of Ma-Moo's (my grandmother). I couldn't bring myself to get rid of them. I also saved Mom's poke-a-dot dresses, since that is the essence of her. I found some pictures of Dad that I don't remember seeing before. This cleaning out the house is a most precious job. I'm glad to have this opportunity. Last night Ronnie refused to take the latest box I collected for him. He said, "Not anh, I'm workin!" (delivering pizza). I told him I'd bring it to him later. All he had to do was put it in his frickin car. Good Grief. He goes into depression when he reads old letters.

Tuesday Barry, Taunie, and I went to UHCL to hear a presentation on the Battle of the Bay, The Civil War in Galveston. It was very interesting and comical. A comedy of errors led to a confederate victory. Barry and I then went to the Top Water Grill in San Leon for a shrimp dinner. The shrimp was delicious, but the water tasted like chlorine and the cole slaw tasted sour. Barry didn't notice.