The rain stopped today. At lunch I noticed a voice message from my mom, saying that she had seen a lot of bad stuff on the news about the weather in California, and she wanted to make sure Brandon and I were okay. I think the worst weather is over, which really wasn't that bad, except that it's California and large amounts of rain can seriously upset day to day life. There are clogged drains that people have been ignoring all year, roofs in need of repair that have been put last in priority, and well... burnt woodsy areas that haven't had a chance to grow back yet and are waiting to produce mud slides with a little help from ma nature. Plus we have these drainage ditches that stand completely empty 90% of the year, and when it rains, they suddenly flood. For the record, one of the drainage ditches that I refer to is the Santa Ana River.

Ha. River. That's cute.