I have been really worried about my friend, Carol, in San Francisco. After a couple years of drought and many wild fires, that area and down to Los Angeles, has been inundated with rain. I mean torrential rain! That's both good and bad. It's good because they really need it but it's bad because of the wild fires. Those wild fires killed off all the greenery and thousands of trees that are really needed to hold the mountain sides in place. That kind of rain means flash flooding and landslides. Both are dangerous and potentially deadly. The true aftermath may not come for a few weeks even as the water makes it way down cracks and crevasses and can cause homes to slide down a mountain.
You've seen that on the news, I'm sure. It's this kind of rain they are having that causes that to happen. It's awful and I know that Carol lives in an elevated area so I had no idea if they were having a problem with flash floods or anything else. But today we connected and got to talk. Phew! No problems where she lives and she said the real problems are down in Los Angeles. At least in LA, they are familiar with this type of rain and the problems it can cause so they are not unprepared.
Carol and her husband, Godfrey, are older and alone. Carol is in a wheelchair and suffers from multiple health problems. Godfrey is just getting less able to cope with many things. He's about 10 years older than the Beast and the Beast has problems with many things, too. I know he's lost a lot of strength and I am sure it's the same for Godfrey. Not that they wouldn't try anyway but it's reality that they cannot do many of the things they used to do without it taking a toll on them.
Carol is worried about getting her house ready for her son's visit for the Holidays. They are flying in from Hawaii for 10 days or so. I remember her being anxious about clearing up her house last year too. LOL! I guess we women worry about those things. You want the bathroom to be clean and inviting and the bedroom to be cleared of anything that shouldn't be in there and clean. The big problem is that she is working at the flower shop three days next week and I believe she said they would be here in three days. I know she will manage but it's typical that we worry about all those things.
She told me she had already been notified that what she sent me is on it's way and it's only for those people who celebrate Christmas. Gee, I wonder who she meant DIDN'T? LOL! As if we didn't know! The surprise was that she said she sent me three things. I thanked her for her gifts ahead of time but told her I felt bad that I couldn't reciprocate. She is angry with the Beast that he can spend what he wants but prevents me from doing the same. I told her that I knew what our bills were that were due this month as well as how long our money had to last us and there wasn't anything really that was available. Not unless he pulled it out of savings and that will never happen. Not while he's alive anyway.
It's another cold night. The days haven't been too bad, really. That's mainly because it's been sunny and bright out. That helps even if it's just psychological. I love the sun. I just hate the cold....LOL.
Be good. Have a great week and keep warm. ***Hugs***
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