I flew through the newspaper-making process yesterday in hopes of getting out early for one specific reason… so I would be able to get up bright and early for Patriots Training Camp, which starts today. Little did I know, Mother Nature would flip me the good old middle finger and decide today is the perfect day to unload the skies and dump a foot of rain on the region.

What’s worse, it’s not just consistent, steady rain. It’s dispersed into ridiculously heavy localized storms, so one minute it’s sunny, and the next you’re designing your Ark.

My dad and I scrapped our excursion to beautiful Foxborough at 6:45 this morning, and good thing too because around 7:30, the Pats decided to move practice indoors thus closing the practice to the public. I’d be beside myself if I had driven through torrential rain during rush hour just to get to Gillette Stadium by 8:45 only to find out camp was closed.

We also kept last year’s debacle in mind as we made our decision.

The new plan goes like this: Sunday in the a.m., leave at 7 a.m. There will be no traffic so we estimate a 30 minute drive. Next, we’ll stop for breakfast and then make our way to Gillette. We want to get there much earlier since it’s a weekend morning and we’re anticipating a larger crowd.

Only three more wake-ups to go!