Welcome, rain!

I woke up this morning abound 6 AM to a torrential downpour. Most of the Bay is getting rain right now. That doesn't mean that the drought is over, though! I'm only showing an inch of rain in the garden, and we're still way below our monthly average; not to mention, we still haven't made up for the dry winter we had. We're still experiencing a shortfall in supply due to the extremely low levels of water and increased demand, so it's still just as important as ever to watch our water usage!

If you're brave though, you can make use of this downpour to gather some water in buckets for washing your car if it's gotten kind of dirty in the last month or two (I know mine has- stupid glossy white paint showing every stupid speck and scratch!). I've got a few buckets under the downspouts and the rainbarrel is already full, so we're kickin' it conservation style over at Casa Su Blakington. I'll probably have enough water saved up to was the car and water the garden for a few weeks, at least until the rainy season starts off.

Sorry about the break (I know nobody reads this, but if someone does come looking, they'll wonder why so inactive), but I'll start adding some more links and what-have-you later this week. The semester is almost over and every class except Public Speaking is at least one week behind, so we're double-timing it through a lot of material, as well as prepping for finals. In fact, my agenda today consists almost entirely of school work- if time permits, I might go do something, but with this weather, I'll probably just work on school stuff all day and not have to worry about it this weekend. Stay tuned, and I'll have some more stuff up this week!