It’s a Worm-pocalypse!
We have had rain the last several days, boy howdy have we had rain. The tornado sirens went off in the early hours of Tuesday morning and Monkey couldn’t go back to sleep in his bed so he stayed with me. Tuesday was quiet and dry, but Wednesday brought even more rain.
Monkey, Pumpkin and I got caught in a down-pour and couldn’t walk home from school. Hubby had to come and rescue us! It rained the rest of the afternoon and night. So we’re pretty water-logged right now. Some parts of the metro area are flooded; streets look like creeks and creeks look like rivers.
The drive home from class last night was a little nerve-wracking. When I got home there were buckets and towels on the floor, for the leaks. We really need to get the roof replaced soon, but right now I have sort of a hillbilly outlook on it. Can’t fix the roof in the rain, and if it ain’t rainin’ it ain’t leakin’.
Another little hillbilly touch: I could’ve run a bait shop out of my den this morning. I have removed seven worms already and the day is young. This is, sadly, not the first time this has happened and I know just what to do. My worm-catching kit comes in quite handy because I do catch-and-release. Worms are good for the yard and that’s right where I take them. My super-duper worm-catching kit consists of a big plastic cup and a plastic butter knife. And I have a technique: 1)guide the worms into the cup with the butter knife, 2) dump the worms in the yard.
Oh, and if you find yourself in my enviable position, just remember this: don’t put more than two worms in the cup at the same time. They use each other as ladders and will swarm out of the cup and sometimes land on you. Ick.