The Rink Jinx

Okay-I didn't even get the damn posting up before we encountered a new issue. This one is not our fault.Mother Nature is not cooperating! We really had an excellent freeze going. EC and crew had used their time alone on Saturday night (we went to the movies) to buy 2 extension cords and enough spotlight wattage to brown out a power grid. It almost makes one yearn for the old days when the kids just threw a party when you went out! At any rate, they proceeded to shimmy up into the trees and place these beacons of brilliance so they would shine directly on the new rink. When we came home at 10 pm it looked like M.Night Shamalan was filming in our backyard and it was a day scene. For once no one called the cops-they probably thought it was a nuclear explosion and ran to their basements! There's so much power when those lights are on that half the the house has to be dark or the fuses will blow. We're even afraid if they leave the lights pointed at the ice too long it will start to melt! All of the above really has nothing to do with the problem except the part about melting,but you must admit it makes for clever narrative. So back to the point, it's WARM today!!! This is the sort of cheap trick Mother Nature(or global warming)keeps playing on us. Every time we get close the weather turns on us. Of course this was guaranteed because EC went out and bought a net, skates(he's trying) and an $80 hockey stick-not to mention the LIGHTS!!!! EC will now drain the water(back into the stream) in attempt to avoid flooding the hill people again if dam bursts. On the bright side, it's supposed to get cold and stay cold next week. As Popeye would say "I's believes it when I sees it". Not great wisdom but then again he married a woman named after something used to fry chicken and was skinny butt ugly to boot!