If this weather keeps up, my stories of life in Campbell River are all going to start with “It was a dark and stormy night.”

There’s a lake about a foot deep just off the bottom of the driveway. Going to work in the dark this morning I just about fell in and then came this close to being swamped by a tidal wave brought up by someone driving way too fast through it (thank goodness for my reflexes).

It didn’t rain this morning and I actually saw the sunrise (work has an amazing view), but the rain started up again mid-afternoon and it’s now coming down again in full force, minus the winds we had yesterday.

Last night, the winds picked up so much that Miranda began to rock back and forth. With the water lashing at her from all sides, it really was like being on a boat. I’ve joked about that before, but this time it wasn’t funny and I worried about windows breaking. As it is, I’m pretty sure the picture window in the study leaks since I’ve been having to mop up water every day since I got to Campbell River as well as keep the mattresses away from the wall.

It apparently snowed between Nanaimo and here yesterday, but it’s still relatively warm here and I’m still not running the furnace. All is well!