Just an ordinary post

This morning I woke up to the sound of rain. One of the things that never ceases to amaze me about living in southeast Texas is the amount of rain. Now, everyone down here seems to think that this is not a lot of rain, but let me tell you - a lot of rain is a lot of rain. And this is a lot of rain.

You need to understand that I am from Utah (motto: at least we get one more inch of rain than Nevada!) and in Utah you will get about 13 inches of rain per year. That's right PER YEAR! Here, I think we have had more than that in the three months since I arrived. In Utah, if it rains .01 of an inch everyone celebrates. Sometimes in Utah, you can see it raining but the rain doesn't reach the ground. It's pretty wild. And when the sun sets behind such rain it turns into an incredible vision that looks like it is raining fire.

But I digress. Actually, this whole post is a digression. I just wanted to say how lovely I find it here. My family and I are very grateful to be here.

All is well. All is well!