Well, so much for the typhoon and a day off from work. I woke up this morning to party sunny skies, no wind, no rain, and clear train tracks. Last night there was a downpour around 1:00am and some wind. I know cause I had my windows open and was getting wet. So I closed the windows slightly and went back to sleep expecting to wake up to some pretty substantial weather. But when I woke up a little after six there was a bright sun and nothing else. I was pretty disappointed. But like mom always said, you can't count on the weather.
Actually she never said that. She nor dad were ever much for giving me or Rigel advice. At least not in the form of words of wisdom. Nothing like the old reliables: "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched" or "A penny saved is a penny earned" or "Remember to step on the clutch before you turn the key." Nope. Their kind of advice came in the form of "I advise you to do better on your next report card" or "I advise you to stop hitting your brother" or the always popular "If you want that album, I advise you to get a job."
I do, though, remember one piece of advice from my father that amounted to a solid piece of fathering. It was when I was learning to drive and only had that permit which allows you to drive with one of your parents. We came to four way stop and another car driven by a female arrived at the same time from either the right or left. Of course, being a new driver I hesitated and she ended up going first. No big deal to me but I wasn't sure about the protocol for such an occurrence. But dad immediately set me straight. He said, "Son, when you come to a four way stop and you arrive at the same time as another car, look to see if the driver is male or female. If it's a female you can usually go first as they will hesitate." Now, before you ladies out there tell me that my dad is a sexist I must inform you that he was right. I have found his advice to be sound and his words of wisdom to be true at least 97.3% of the time. So that's not sexism, that's just the way it is.
Anyway, no typhoon for me. It is a bit windy this afternoon but the skies are blue and Fuji is crystal clear.

Alright, that's it for this evening. I must do some laundry and just wanted to let you know that I didn't drown.