water in the floorboard

My car leaks from somewhere when it rains hard. Maybe the windshield, maybe the airconditioner... I can't seem to find it. It always happens during the night, when we have a hard blowing rain. Much like last night. It was the kind of weather that makes the siding on the house rattle and scares a child. Makes her want to sleep with you. Makes her wet the bed because of the perpetual sound of water dripping in the gutters. Just a bad night all around. Nobody got much sleep, and as a result we're a little groggy and grumpy this morning.

Then, as I emerged into the dreary morning dragging my half asleep child to the car for preschool, I found the puddle in my floorboard. Great. Then, my heart sunk to the bottom of my soul to discover that I'd left my bible laying in the floorboard of the car. It was soaked. I cried heaving tears. My dad bought me that bible for my birthday two years ago, after I gave my life to Christ in Beth's kitchen. He and I had a father-daughter day and went shopping for it and had lunch together. Just like when I was a kid. Now, it's all wet and swollen. The underlined parts are smeared all over the pages, and my notes in the margins are blurred. It makes me sad. But, it's sitting in front of a fan now, and I'm hoping Genisus - Judges didn't suffer too much distruction. I'm sure they endured much worse peril to get to my blog.

Note to self... don't leave anything in your floorboard!