Whenever the sun is out for long stretches, I immediately miss the rain.Rainy, cloudy weather is my absolute favorite. I love the salty smell of fresh rain, the rolling gray skies, warm drizzle on the window panes, foggy mornings after a storm... Mmm.
I have two favorite things to do while it's raining.
1. Write in my office. I love to sit at my big, oak desk that faces the window and listen to the rain. I flick on the tiny lamp in the corner and sit in the dim room with a mug of tea or cinnamon coffee and tap on the computer keys. In fact, I look at the weather report and plan time at my desk around the impending rain.
2. Silent reading at school. I used to looooove when it rained while I was in school as a kid. Our teacher would let us snuggle into bean bag chairs or sprawl across the floor while we read and listened to the rain. So I get nostalgic when it rains while I'm (still) at school and I can let my students snuggle into my frog chair and read some Amelia Bedelia.
Today, however, I got to do my third favorite rainy day thing, which is nap. So Amos and I snuggled down on the couch with the fleece blanket. I cracked the window just enough to hear the rain, and we were out for the count.
Honorable Mention:
- Matt getting home early from work and settling in for a night of DVR'ed shows and movies with me
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