With A Capital I

I hate to turn into the resident weather girl, but I can't help reporting that the sun came out today. It is such a rare thing these days that I feel it needs broadcasting.

It is also rather ironic.

I spent yesterday slogging through the raindrops so I could visit the vegetables at the Farmer's Market, run responsible errands of a grown-up nature and ensure that there was an ample supply of carbonated beverages in the house. I did this because I said I would.

There are so very many tasks I put off. So very, very many. I can come up with a plethora of excuses for not doing them. In fact, I am a master at avoidance. Hence, when the summer schedule becomes effective, I really need to follow through on all that stuff I said I'd do when I had more time and less paying work. Since I'd already sworn to visit the vegetables on a weekly basis, it made sense to do all the errands on Wednesday and gather all the supplies one might need for a day in the house. Thursday was designated as the Stay Home And Do Stuff Day.

So while the rain pelted down and flood advisories rang throughout the land, I was out. When the sun beamed happily from the sky and warm breezes wafted about the citizenry, I was in. Ironic. That's what that is...

I suppose it wasn't all bad. The mild temperatures truly motivated me to deal with that stinky garbage I mentioned yesterday. I packaged it up and transported it right down to The Dumpster Where The Zombies Live. It turns out that the stinkiness was actually more of a dishwasher issue, but that is really another story for another day. Suffice it to say, I ran the dishwasher today. All is well now.

I even went to the mailbox and retrieved the Thursday bills. I am taking it as a good sign that I changed out of my dirty sweats to make this short journey. Apparently I still care...

It wasn't all hard work. The day devoted to all things "in" isn't just about getting the stink out of the kitchen appliances. There are, in fact, a few tasks of a more pleasant nature which require my attention during the summer schedule.

Singles on a bobbin awaiting a ply-mate and a Bripple sock nearing the finish line. I didn't work on the ribbed sock today. I just threw that in because I think it's cute.

That's all good stuff, right? Still...it seems a shame to have only seen the sun from behind the window screens. I certainly felt better for the daylight, but can only imagine how much better it would have been had I actually been outside with it. I'm hearing good things about tomorrow and the possibility of a little more sunshine. I suppose I should venture out there and see what it's all about.

Of course now that I've said that, I suppose that the sun will probably fall from the sky and land on my head or something along those lines. It's not like I don't have a little of the irony going on these days...

SA