over the weekend, i attended a wedding wearing a t-shirt, nice shorts, and flip-flops. and i was dressed better than the bride and groom. the bride wore a 3/4-sleeve t-shirt with a hood and jean shorts along with her vail (i didn't notice what kind of shoes she had on). the groom wore a white shirt with a looney tune tie, jean shorts, 1/2-calf socks, and sandles.

i am never the best-dressed at any event, but i almost felt overdressed at this one...

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day,
I'd rather one should walk with me than merely show the way.
The eye's a better pupil and more willing than the ear;
Fine counsel is confusing, but example's always clear;
And best of all the preachers are those who live their creeds,
For to see the good in action is what everybody needs.
I can soon learn how to do it if you'll let me see it done.
I can watch your hands in action, but your tongue too fast may run.
And the lectures you deliver may be very wise and true;
But I'd rather get my lesson by observing what you do.
For I may misunderstand you and the high advice you give,
But there's no misunderstanding how you act and how you live.

  --Eddie Guest

it's been a wonderful evening! we had an awesome steak dinner at church along with some amazing testimonies. inbetween feeding and listening, i got to know a few people and watch alot of kids! then i came home and sat outside watching the lightning while listening to joyce meyer podcasts. and that's about all i've done! i love simple enjoyable evenings like this!

kearney had a 30% chance of rain today, but it quickly turned into a 100% chance! different areas of town had between 4.84" and 6.00" and a large portion of our streets were closed part of the day. thankfully, by the end of my lunch break, most of town had drained. i was still kinda worried that i wouldn't make it home in the afternoon (when the charter tech was coming to look at my lack-of-internet problem. i made it just fine until i saw my street. the charter guy and i parked at the end of the block and walked through the water (most of the lawns and sidewalks were flooded so there wasn't anywhere to walk on dry land). below is a picture from my driveway looking down the street to where my car was parked.


here's one that does a better job of showing the depth of the water:


this is a dodge ram that i watched drive through the water. here it's parked entirely on the sidewalk and has its floor mats drying on the back. (seeing that convinced me that my poor little saturn had no chance.)


thankfully by 6:30pm the street was dry and i could drive to my garage.

after showers like this, i'm always impressed at how quickly the drainage systems empty the streets. back in henderson it would take days to recover, but kearney takes only a few hours!