Hat in the ring, hat in the ring

Being the official rain guy for Columbus and reporting to NOAA daily I have this race going with the last four meteorological precipitation totals.  

Here is the latest chart.

2009 took the lead for a about a week but with the blizzard and "we" regained the lead.
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I am typing on almost zero sleep today - pray for me.  Had a meeting last night and got home about midnight, went to bed and about 2:00 rolled over and OUCH.  My right arm hurt and woke me up.  As I was getting back to sleep.

drip drip drip  Oh know.

I had promised myself the next time I heard that drip I would get up and figure it out.

You see our refrigerator has been slowly rotting the hardwood floors under it but know one could find the cause.  Repairman would throw up there hands and say "I don't know" and then charge us.  I would constantly be crawling with a flashlight - nothing.  Floor wet but not one tiny sign of where it was coming from.

So I vowed to get up no matter when it was and find it in action.

After two hours sleep here I was sprawled on the kitchen floor not finding ANYTHING.

Just before I gave up for the 30th time I grabbed a black hose and tugged it.  It moved, it was not attached to anything.  It's about a foot short from reaching the pan that would catch defrost water.

OMG!!!!   Have I found it???   Stay tuned.

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I woke up because of my arm.  I had my flu shot yesterday.   I never get flu shots (well once) but if you have been near a TV and read my blog about The Spanish Flu you should be concerned.

But the real reason was my little bout with Food Poisoning last weekend.  God looked down at me and said "I will give Mr. Melotte a small 36 hour taste of the flu just to tweak his memory, it will be funny".

That is the thing.  People forget what the flu is actually like.  It's like the Grand Canyon . . . but opposite.

WHAT?

Yea - if you ever have a trip planned across the country  (like my Road Trip Across America blog) and the Grand Canyon is on the itinerary everyone will tell you it's the most amazing thing you will ever see.  If 500 people say that you start to get excited but tell yourself not to get all crazy like and then you start thinking you will be underwhelmed as your expectations are SO high.

Then you get there and OH MY GOD!!!  It was seriously the first time I have had my breath taken away . . well second, I was kicked in the balls in junior high gym class but that was a totally different feeling.

It was MORE then the best ever.  There is a reason it's a Wonder of the world. I can't wait to go on my trip next year to see Colossus.

I sent my money to the tour group but have not heard back yet.

 Back on topic.

Same with the flu.  You remember how bad the flu is but you survived and really how bad can it be.  Well, last weekend I had a reminder.  It is WORSE then you remember - trust me.    

GET A FLU SHOT - SAVE THE WORLD!   

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OH - when I filed my papers to run for Columbus City Council I thought I would follow procedure and would throw my hat into the ring.   Seeing no ring was in the area I thought that I needed to do SOMETHING. So I told Anne Donahue ( a very wonderful woman that I have spoken to here and there) to step back a second.

She did while her finger slowly moved toward the security button and I tossed my hat on the floor behind her.

I'm not sure if she thought she should go stamp on it to kill it or press the security button.   I obviously thought it was much more funny then she did as there was some awkward silence after the toss.

I retrieved it and left quietly.

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I was asked at work for more photos of the kids!

Here is Caydence with her new Christmas doll - she loved it.  Caydence is doing well and the school system is Columbus is AWESOME!!!  It actually has a reputation outside Columbus for Down Syndrome children (I'm not sure how to say that politically correct).  

And her "little" sister Sydney.

And of course with Caydence's new doll came a new little rocking bed thing.  Milo loved the rocker.

That is all I have - have a great great weekend - Go Packers.

OH OH - DJ is coming home - tummy not feeling good.  

Rod