the other side

Lest you think I live in paradise ALL the time, I would like to point out that it has been storming since 5:46 AM this morning (that is 3.25 hours for those counting) and at the very beginning of the storm, our backyard became a lake. A lake with pretty rocks and shit, but a lake nonetheless. Also, it is downright cold outside (weather.com says 73 degrees. Um, don't shoot me. I thought it was 50 something, honestly). The rain has slowed, but not enough for me to don my running shoes, which was the real point of me waking up at 6 AM this morning. Foiled again!

Mmm, cacti.

Prickly pear cacti
Originally uploaded by alisoninaz.

New pics up over at Flickr. Keri, Lauryn and I went to the desert museum yesterday and didn't even get sunburned! Woo!

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Once I had everything, I gave it up for the shoulder of your driveway and the words I've never felt.
And so for you, I came this far across the tracks, ten miles above the limit, and with no seatbelt, and Id do it again,
For tonight I went running through the screen doors of discretion,
For I woke up from a nightmare that I could not stand to see,
You were a-wandering out on the hills of Iowa and you were not thinking of me.

Ioway oh ooo oh, Iowa oh ooooh ooo oh I-Iowa
Ioway oh ooo oh, Iowa oh ooooh ooo oh I-Iowa

Iowa ruined my transmission. Dar was not kidding about the hills. Tomorrow's plan: unload 5 boxes of books and mail from 67207, along with anything else that can be mailed. Pray really, really hard that my car makes it to ABQ.