Monday May 13th 2024

Today was another day of waiting for the rain. The day began very cloudy and humid. A strong breeze out of the southeast kept the temperature down, but if you were out of the breeze the humidity was oppressive.

Unlike yesterday and similar days in the past month, rain actually arrived. Around 3:30 in the afternoon light rain fell on the roof of my RV home for a couple of minutes. Once again I was asking if that was all there was to it. Today there was more to come. The sound of thunder to the southwest was constant for the next hour. It was followed by a real thunderstorm. It was short but filled with heavy rain. The rain wont do a lot to help the long dry spell in the area, but it did wash the dust off my car. More rain is forecast later in the week.

Before the rain I got in a little shopping. It was mostly for groceries, but I also managed to buy a couple of shirts to replace ones that I threw away recently. Lately I’ve been buying inexpensive quality shirts that probably wont last the years of wear I got out of the ones I threw away, but finding stores with good quality shirts is a challenge.

As far as grocery shopping goes, I got everything I wanted with one exception. I didn’t buy onions. I cook with onions often, so I go through them quickly. Today I found one onion in the entire Walmart produce section. It was in the loose vegetables section. The area for bagged onions was empty of all varieties. There were plenty of potatoes just no onions. The shipment most not have come in.

The thunderstorm kept me from getting in my daily walk around the RV park. That means I am going to be surprised by departures and other changes when I get to my next walk around the park.