I love a rainy night….May 8, 2005

Today has been marvelous. It started raining last night, and stormed until this afternoon. Thunder and lightning and wind and rain. To some people that might sound like a dreary day, but for me it is a lovely day! I love the wind, so the move to Texas was a good one for me because it is windy here alll the time. Pretty much every day the wind blows, not just a breeze either...I’m talking hard, blow your hair back and hold on to your hats wind. But I love it. It reminds me that the earth around me is living and breathing, its alive. To feel the thunder shudder through your bones, and hear the crack of lightning come down from the sky, it has always been fascinating to me. Its the earths way of reminding us whos the boss.
So I slept in as long as I could force myself to, listening to the rain tap on my window, and the wind try and take the screen from it. I got up to the smell of waffles grilling, and bacon sizzling. My dad was making my mom her mother's day breakfast in bed. She was already up and dressed when I came down though. I had a couple waffles with her and we watched a movie on Lifetime. She opened her card and gifts from me and then we watched "Riding the bus with my sister" a Hallmark movie with Rosie O'Donnell. I must say she did a great job playing a mentally challenged adult. I just love her, and I think it was a brave move after she took herself out of the limelight to persue her family. After a couple phone calls from our neighbors and my sister, who is already worrying herself over wedding plans, I’m trying to figure out what to make for dinner. I think my only choice is stir fry. Oh well that is all I had to work with, and mom wouldn’t let me out of the house to go shopping. Its still cloudy out now, I’m wishing for more rain and wind. It soothes me.