Rainy Days don't get me down. Mondays, however, are another thing.

[missdiane]

It's a cool and very rainy day today. I went for a short trip out to pick up a few groceries that I forgot the other day and to get a lovely loaf of bread from Paris Baguette. My favorite varieties are their multigrain and the pumpkin with black sesame that I picked up this morning

 

 

I've gotten into the whole "avocado toast" craze, which wasn't a stretch since I've always been a big fan of avocados for breakfast, adding them to omelets and such. I saw the stupidest things on the news yesterday that there are some people trying to lobby for a warning label to be put on avocados because dopes aren't being careful when trying to cut them and are stabbing their hands. Give me a break. I've never heard of a call for a warning label on bagels (yeah, have sliced my hands a few times) or butternut squash, or pineapples. 

Anyway, it was a rather foolish choice to go out today. I walked out of the first of three places I'd planned to stop and promptly dropped my umbrella and broke it so that it wouldn't close. Then I found that I parked in a spot where I'd have to step in a trouser-hem-deep puddle to get to the driver's side door. I was a soggy mess when I got home. 

My downstairs neighbors are moving out today and I would've gone down to wish them well but it looked like they were struggling enough with the rain and moving furniture. Poor things. Besides, I did get to run into Natalie yesterday who was about ready to pack the kitties up to move them. This morning she texted me a sweet picture of kittyboy Miles enjoying their new sliding door. I'll text her in a couple of weeks and see when she's around campus if she wants to get lunch or something. 

Once I got dried off, the rain did its work of lulling me into a nap. The kitties have been out cold most of the day. Rainy cool days are the best for napping. I'm not looking forward to next week's weather. After a stretch of below-average temperatures which I was just fine with, it's supposed to suddenly jump to near 90 by mid week. Sheesh. I mean I know summer has to come but could there at least be a gradual introduction? 

Suffice it to say, I got some ham to go with the bread and some other frozen meals and toss-together stuff for the nasty days since I don't want to heat up the apartment by cooking much.

Comments

[veganhothead.livejournal.com]

Never underestimate the stupidity of humans.

[missdiane.livejournal.com]

You'd think we could let Darwin sort things out a bit more often.

[veganhothead.livejournal.com]

I know, right! But in addition to being stupid, most people are also arrogant and insist on replacing themselves.

Not you though. You're smart and I'm glad to know you.

[plant-lady60.livejournal.com]

Your weather sounds kind of back and forth like ours is doing. We had a nice stretch of 70+ weather for three days in a row last week, the first since late September, only to have the temperature drop 20 or more degrees and start raining cats and dogs, again. And when it does warm up, as you said, there is no gradual getting used to it. Oh no. It's just "get used to the heat, NOW"! So I sure can sympathize with you.

Yeah, I feel for your neighbors. I've had to move in the rain and it's no picnic, I'll vouch for that.