Some of the new developments are going up in known arroyos. That's just insane. If I were choosing land or a new house out there, I'd hie myself to the county office to look up the floodplain maps first thing.
Seriously? That's messed up. We did look at the floodplain maps, but a lot of our region is marked X. Which just means no one's done a study. Probably because it's not necessary, but also because the area's poor, and nobody much has lived in it before.
But local wisdom should tell them what's what with the washes. And you can infer a lot from topo maps.
What else? Oh, we're under snow advisory here. 3-5 inches above 5000, 6-14 above 6000, 10-20 above 7000, over two feet above 8000. Yesterday the road to the ski resort was closed. The snow was so heavy the plows couldn't get in. And they're getting more today.
On the name issue, that's tough especially for a junior. I can understand the hurt. We almost did the same for me when we tried to elope. I wanted to change my name to just my middle & my married. My intent was to keep the heritage of my middle name, which is my paternal grandmother's name. But my folks read it as rejection of them, which I didn't intend. So I kept all four.
Y'all know my view on the planning thing.
In other news, I'm tired. I don't want to go to teach. I don't want to go work on the house. I don't want to do chores. I want to make a fire and lie under the blankets until it's time to watch football. I am taking the snowstorm as a sign from God this is what I'm supposed to do.
(Oh, and looks like once again Daisy Jane & I will fall on opposite sides in a sporting conflict!)