Potop (Deluge)

It has rained for over a week. Everything here is muddy, but the hills are getting green for once in two years. Usually the hills are green for February, before it starts drying out again, but last year there was not enough rain for anything to grow. This year it will be beautiful for a month or two. Until things grow, though, it is icky. Here is a picture of our backyard. The poor dogs have to spend a lot of time inside because it is way to wet for them to stay out. I'd rather be inside most of the time, because at the end of a workday, I am soaked and have mud caked half way up my legs. The mud really wouldn't be so bad if all I had to do was work in it, but going to church this morning was not so nice. Nothing is paved here, so I had to walk to the car through the mud, in heels. I brought a couple paper towels, because I knew it would be bad. Even after wiping off my shoes before closing the car door, I still had mud smears on them that I had to wipe off in the restroom at church. We are lucky to even get to church, sliding sideways down the dirt road to get off the farm, mud spraying up the sides of the car, as you gas it down the road hoping not to get stuck. So much fun!