December 28, 2019 - 106 - "Rainy Day Retreat"

 

     Six days working more than a dozen flights, then Christmas at Mom and Dad's, then Christmas here with the kids, their spouses, the grand dogs, and the world's sweetest grandbaby...

    And it was all soooo good. 

    But, I was ready for some down time.  (Introverts Unite!  (Uh, you know...separately.)

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    I woke up around 5:30 this morning and was surprised...and thrilled that it was raining out.  It was fairly warm, almost balmy, considering it's the end of December.  

     Usually I have to make DIY rain with my Noisili sound effects app.  But not today.  I went to sit out on the front porch.  (Always an unexpected treat this time of year.)

    Now I 'm not saying I like rain as the norm.  Growing up in a sunny climate, I feel like dealing with a whole lot of gloom can get old fast.  But, as a change of pace, I dearly love it!

Especially when:

• -I can be home and enjoy it.  (And not have to drive in it or deal with rain gear)
• -I have a good book (or 3 or 4...) going
• -I have plenty of TIME OFF to just hang out and enjoy

     And I especially, especially, loved that  Ella, a mostly indoor cat, could come hang on the front porch with me without fear she'd wander off and get hurt.  (The rain acts as a natural fence for a moisture-on-her-paws-hating cat.)

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   So I spent a fabulous morning writing in my journal, reading, sipping coffee, and petting the cat...   All while listening to the rain falling steadily on the roof.  

     Good stuff.

                                 * s i g h *

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"I love the rain.  I love how it softens the outlines of things.  The world becomes softly blurred, and I feel like I melt right into it."

-Hagumi Hanamoto

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(Part-Time Pluviophile, that is.)