From The Past: September 17, 2004
Hurricane Ivan made it to the Bluegrass State this morning and it was ugly! If it’s this bad here in the middle of Kentucky, I cannot begin to fathom how they dealt with it in Florida. We had several school closings because of flooded roads. Believe me I went through some pretty deep puddles myself this morning!
In anticipation of the rain, Kevin and I set up a canopy type tent in the backyard last night. We already had one out there but it only has a mesh top which still allows rain to fall in. The one we put up last night has a solid top. I figured that we would need to be protected when taking Guido out. You can see the mesh tent in the picture below:
This morning Kevin got Guido and took him out. Keep in mind that Guido has held his bladder all night and desperately needs to go. A few minutes later Kevin was back, aggravated and holding Guido. The tent that we had put up last night had blown over and the ground was saturated and had standing water all over it. When it rains this hard, we get a lake in our backyard. I offered to go out and help in whatever way that I could which ended up being to hold Guido’s leash while Kevin held the tent down for us to stand under. There was no question of staking it down again; it was raining too hard. Do you know that Guido refused to go! He stood there at my feet and wouldn’t budge! After all that! ARRRRGGGGGG! We came back inside and laid newspaper down in the floor and he went on that. I’m glad that he went and I’m glad we had the newspaper!
In the torrential rain I still had to unlock my car doors and take the Herbie (garbage can) down to the curb. The only umbrella that was in the house was Ashley’s Tweety Bird umbrella. I can only imagine the joy that the neighbors must have gotten seeing this big ole girl running around in the rain with a tiny Tweety Bird umbrella!
I left Guido at home. I haven’t done that since the afternoon that I first got him. I figured it was just too wet to get him out. He was under the bed when I got home; pouting and needing some love. No, he’s not spoiled at all 😉