Friday, April 13, 2012

Unemployment Chronicles, Day 24: Rain God

In one of the Douglas Adams Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books (in fact, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish), one of the characters is a rain god.  Rain clouds love him, and they follow him everywhere he goes and send him rain.

I get to play that part this week, as there is a bit of a running joke going that I brought the Seattle weather with me.  California has been pretty dry this year, but Tuesday we had a good rain all day, Wednesday it sprinkled, last night we had a gully-washer with impressive lightning, this morning it rained during our walk.  Meanwhile, Jackie says the weather back home has been lovely, and it is supposed to be clear and sunny here in the Bay Area for the next week after I leave.  It was a similar story when we went to Las Vegas last month.

Nevertheless, we enjoyed a nice morning in San Francisco Wednesday, went out to the beach yesterday, saw Raul and Pamela, had lunch today with my sister Pat, her daughter Karen, and her (Karen's) boyfriend Dan.  Tonight we are having dinner with my brother's daughter Alison, the neighbors, and Pat at least.  It has been a good trip, and even bad California weather is no worse than the usual Pacific Northwest weather.

Not much happening on the job front while I am here; I will have to try to shake things up a bit when I get back.

1 comment:

  1. It was good to see you Dennis! I meant to give you a bottle of wine to share with Mike, Lisa, Pat and Tom! But I forgot. Now I have to drink it myself!

    I like Jarrod! Seems like a good kid!

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