I appreciate the torrential downpour (complete with hailstones the size of oranges and a celestial lightshow) yesterday, I really do. You know we need the rain desperately – last month had the lowest rainfall on record, and governments both State and Federal are starting to get serious about water policies.

But did you have to do it just when Boychild was lining up for the “zone” 11 y.o. cross country, being the first time he’d ever qualified? Hah?