Rain Delay

Apparently Mother Nature does not have a handle on her hot flashes yet. She flipped the "freeze" switch and screwed up our weather for the week.

Today's temps barely got beyond 50, about half the warmth we had 2 days ago. Just a typical Midwest Spring I should say since we aren't officially into summer yet, according to the calendar.

I really could probably deal with cold, but throw in that steady drizzling rain -- all day long -- and we got problems. This weekend we, as in the Wisconsin Rapids baseball tournament teams, are hosting the first tournament of the season. Between the 4 or 5 different age groups, that's something like 56 teams. All expecting to play.

That's a lot of games to keep on schedule. And rain becomes a nasty 4-letter word!

Hubby is an assistant coach for Carter's 12U team (12 and under according to age on April 30, the day before he turned 13). Jim took the day off knowing he'd have a lot of field maintenance to do just to be sure they were ready after the rain. Unfortunately, there was no "after" time because it never really stopped.

Carter's 5:30 game had a delayed start at about 6:20 p.m. They knew they better get the games in. It's better to be an hour behind than a whole night behind.

So we played in a drizzle and kicked some major butt! We beat Rudolph by the 10-run rule, 11-0. What an awesome start! And way to keep the game short for us soggy fans.

I've got my umbrella, chair and blanket all draped over various items in the garage to dry. Not sure that will happen by tomorrow. Carter has clothes in the wash and his baseball cleats positioned over the heat vents to dry.

Yes, we have the heat on. And yes, my blanket is on.

I'm starting to think Mother Nature is in cahoots with the Electric Company!