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\"\"<\/a>Every conversation I have had today has involved the weather. Every single one. The boys and I woke up and had one of those ‘gosh, gee whiz, it’s raining’ kind of conversations.<\/div>\n

I dropped them at school and called The Builder. We had one of those ‘good grief, how wet is it?’ kind of chats.<\/p>\n

I went to a cafe, and was asked if I’d removed my flippers at the door.<\/p>\n

I ran into a friend I hadn’t seen for ages. Opening gambit: “Nice weather for ducks!” (Yes, really.)<\/p>\n

I called a contact from the car. “Is it pouring in your neck of the woods?” (Sorry, I can’t help it.)<\/p>\n

I went home and decided I would not post a Facebook<\/a> update about the weather. And I didn’t. Well, not really…<\/p>\n

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Then I went out into the backyard. And discovered a river running through it. And a frog pond that had grown to Olympic-pool-sized proportions.<\/p>\n

So I gave up immediately, took the image you see with my little duck friend, and decided if you can’t beat them, join them.<\/p>\n

How about this weather???????<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every conversation I have had today has involved the weather. Every single one. The boys and I woke up and had one of those ‘gosh, gee whiz, it’s raining’ kind of conversations. I dropped them at school and called The Builder. We had one of those ‘good grief, how wet is it?’ kind of chats. 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