Raining cats and dogs right now. Time to build an ark because rain is predicted over the next four days. In fact, it won’t just be a spit here and there, but drenching rain and thunderstorms as well, or so the weather authorities say. It’s time to go on YouTube and find the old Bill Cosby “Noah and the Lord” routine where Noah, a carpenter, is recruited to build and then load up an ark with animals since forty days and forty nights of rain are a’comin’. Decades ago a childhood friend loved Bill Cosby and played his comedy album with this particular skit over and over ’til the grooves were nearly gone; I believe I had that Noah routine memorized. Smile. Speaking of critters, this a.m. I headed to Meijer to pick up some more broccoli for MY little critter, Buddy. During the Winter I plucked out a broccoli floret from my rainbow salad bag and offered it to Buddy who went crazy, devouring the entire floret. I now call him my Little Broccoli Boy. Buddy and I went through many bags of broccoli over this long, never-ending Winter. Meijer is always a safe haven for walking laps. Today, I walked four laps plus a hefty hike from the parking lot where I always park as far away as possible. At least today I didn’t feel like a tumbleweed. Yesterday, I packed my pedometer before setting out and walked 5,700 steps and the wind felt like it blew me all along my route. As the saying goes “March winds, April showers, bring forth May flowers …”. Well, that’s in a perfect world. In an imperfect world, you have blustery, Wintry winds all March, then forty degrees warmer today than last Monday and a warm breeze, then a week of showers … well, at least they are April showers. Then all this wet weather will bring on all the creepy critters who make my skin crawl both inside the house or outside. Bugs are the bane of my existence. I’d like to revert back to the cold but snow-free and rain-free climes from last week … I might get my wish as the weather prognosticators are calling for dramatically colder weather and yes, gulp, even the “S” word by week’s end. Nice. Real nice.