The rain is back. We had a few days of clear, hot weather. Yesterday, storms across the city and Southern New Mexico flooded low-lying neighborhoods again and small towns like Hatch, New Mexico (where the green chiles are grown).

I almost got caught on the freeway during one of the worst episodes. I had a meeting at my campus across town at 10, then visited with my mom for a bit. I managed to get home, unload my car, and take Filo for a quick walk before the rain started pouring in the windows (I had just opened them). Filomena was barking and running around as I ran from room-to-room closing windows and mopping up. As soon as I finished with the bathroom window, I notice that we had a leak in the bedroom right over the dresser. A few of G.'s books got wet, the carpet--it was really coming down in a steady stream.

Rain is still in the forecast for the rest of this week and some of next week. Everybody is definitely over it, although a nice side effect is the cool weather.