Thanks for the encouragement, Mike.
I just felt so stupid because I really know better. Also, if you can picture me out there with the hose watering roses with rain pouring down in what is often described as a "gully washer", you have a sense of why I didn't want to put it off for even one more day ...
It rained like that all day, yesterday with no breaks. I finally just gave in and went out there and got the hose to water the plants ...
I know the roses will make it just fine because roses are, for the most part, tough plants.