Down the tube...

Guys! Yesterday we went hiking around the neighborhood, and there is a lake nearby that has an overflow system! Daddy wanted to convince Mommy that all the excess water is pumped to Lake Jordan, because of the extreme drought conditions in North Carolina, but after we did the appropriate inspection we realized that it is a manual bleed-off valve, and what Daddy was thinking is probably nothing more than SPECULATION!!!

Someone at work had asked my Dad what the water restrictions were for Orange County, and when I checked this morning I realized that Chapel Hill is still at Stage 2!?! Strange when everybody else (especially Durham!!!) is at Stage 4 and thinking about Stage 5. For those unbeknown to the topic of mandatory water conservation Stage 4 means that all industries shall reduce their city water consumption by 50%. And for those new to the English language shall = must! No kidding here! Right now Durham has 39 days of guaranteed water supply remaining. 39 days. Count them buddy, because no more showers for you after February 3rd. Better get that extra supply of deodorant now, Stinky (might wanna pick up some extra bottled drinking water, too)..............



Anyhow, the large piping for the excess water bleed-off is not exactly the playground anyone needs to be visiting without their parents or the appropriate official, but since I couldn't find an official anywhere Daddy was good enough - and he does take pretty good pictures.

Today it is raining. Yeah!!! It certainly can't rain enough around here. We may go outside and try out our new Matschhosen (for those of you new to the German language this translates to: pants for dirt! ... or dirty pants... that's a fun word to be screaming out loud! DIRTY PANTS. DIRTY PANTS....BETTER GET YOUR DIRTY PANTS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING OUTSIDE).



Ha ha, I just placed a small battery charger next to my Daddy, and he mistook it for the mouse and tried to use it as the mouse - boy what luck he had moving the cursor around with the charger. NONE!!!



Ciao!
LUC