So, here I am...a lazy, rainy Sunday afternoon. Normally I am a complainer about wet weather...it just gets in the way, in general. The kids have to stay inside, you have to put on more stuff to be comfy outside, all those things you meant to do around the yard before it rains again are still undone and now everything has to dry out again before I can not get to it again. For the most part annoying. Today however, I am feeling a little different about it. The last few weeks have been damn near perfect weather wise. It has been amazing and fun and productive. But, it has begun to feel slightly out of balance. I found myself wondering yesterday if we were heading towards drought conditions this year or not. I don't really pay much attention to things like that so for me to be thinking about it is a clear indication to the imbalance I am feeling. So today we finally have some rain. And that's a good thing. Rainy days don't have to be an excuse for slowing things down, taking a breather, relaxing and watching a movie with the kiddos and shutting out the world but its about as close to a socially acceptable excuse for checking out of that non stop on the go several sunny day's in a row no excuse not to be anything but super productive, super mom, super awesome everything that after nearly 3 weeks in a row was getting to be a little ruff on that part of me that sometimes just wants to run screaming into the night away from it all. So, enter Mr. Rainy day. Thank you very very much for providing a much needed break from the high expectations of so many sunny days in a row. I am very much enjoying lazing around, hanging with the kids and feeling like I don't have to do anything else unless I want to. Looking out the window today and seeing the rain and the cloudy gray sky feels soothing and is somehow giving me the internal permission to just let go of all the have to's, should's and hope to accomplishes that plague me daily when there is no excuse what so ever not to go go go.....so maybe a rainy day is only this much of a deterrent to the usual busy busy busy kind of life I have managed to have build myself into...which I truly love most of the time...because I have decided that it is exactly what I need it to be. All of the busy busy busy crud will still be there tomorrow and the next day and the next day and so on and so forth and it all still needs to be dealt with, the good and the not so good....but thanks to my rainy day off I can wake up with the sun the next time it decides to take over and go at it all with renewed vigor and determination. I hear its supposed to rain again tomorrow and maybe even Tuesday...lets see, the kids will be back in school so that adds up to an extended vacation for me!! I am quite certain however, that if it continues to rain through Wednesday I will get back to my usual complaining about the wet weather...cause, well, I 'm human and that's how we roll. I sincerely hope that everyone finds a way to enjoy this rainy, dreary day...I suggest a hot chocolate and a nice early evening family dinner that includes green bean casserole if at all possible. That's the good stuff. Gonna go get ours started now.
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