Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away

Hello most humans and many others,

I guess Missy Linda wasn't paying attention to the weather dudes and gals. She says she knew it was going to rain, but she didn't expect this much. She is glad, glad, glad that it finally did happen though, and that it's more than she expected. We needed it and much more.

Mr. Nelson was surprised and very unhappy though. He is hiding upstairs because it has been thundering. He did go outside to potty during a break in the noise and when the rain wasn't coming down hard. He doesn't mind getting wet because it doesn't get down to his skin. Missy Linda gets annoyed because he can't help but get things in the house wet. He does stop as soon as he gets inside to get dried off some, but doesn't like for it to take too long.

There is still going to be a battle with the mud on his feet, though, even if he stops to get his feet wiped. He runs back and forth by the back fence so much that he has literally worn ruts. It looks like a track used for biking or racing of some kind, Missy Linda says. It is going to be hard to get any grass to grow back there this spring because it has, so far, been impossible to keep Mr. Nelson away from anywhere in the yard that he wants to be. Last summer, he pretty much killed Missy Linda's sad attempt at a flower bed because that's where he wanted to play. I guess Mr. Nelson is more important than grass.