Saturday, July 26, 2014

weather and traffic

My mom’s favorite two topics.

I am leaving for the Cape on Tuesday so we discuss both, not that I have any interest in the latter.

First, my mom tells me the weather is supposed to be great. That, I am happy to hear.

Next, I am updated on traffic.

“It took Jeannie two hours to get down heah yestaday.”  That’s 45 minutes longa than normal.”  Okay. 

“It’s the Bahnstable Faeh this week, traffic is backed up everywheh.  It took June two hours just to get to Hyannis.  I hope when you come on Tuesday it’s not bad.” 

I hope so too, but it is what it is, and I’m not changing my plans because there could be traffic. 

A few hours later I am talking to Meredith who lives on the Upper Westside. I happen to look out my window and say, “I see a woman with an umbrella.”  Meredith tells me that it’s not raining where she lives.  And, even on my street, only one person has an umbrella. I research further.

I recently got a new app called Dark Skies.  It connects with GPS and automatically programs itself for my neighborhood.  This is what it says:


 And in two minutes the rain stops.


I really need to convince my mom to get an iPhone.  She would love this app.  And I bet I could find an equally good one for traffic.  

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