Tuesday morning came quickly. But like a good soldier, I was up right at 5:30am. I was still grumpy, but as long as I was alone I was OK. I proceeded through my typical routine with little hesitation. Meanwhile, I could hear the unmistakable sound of rain pounding against the house and skylights. I wasn’t too excited about the prospect of running in a downpour, especially given the chilly temps.
My walk with Ykraps confirmed what I already knew. It was raw & rainy. I used Mindy’s large green & white umbrella, so I didn’t get too wet at all. After PC and meditation I delivered Mindy’s coffee right on queue. It wasn’t but a few minutes before I was out the door running in the rain. I managed to stay dry despite the heavy rain, thanks to excellent running gear. However, I did mis-step into a puddle or two soaking my shoes & socks. But that I hardly noticed until I was back home. I was lucky, the rain lightened considerably during the run.
Inside, I stripped out of my wet clothes and slipped back into my pajamas. Mindy and the kids were already up as expected readying for their day. Mindy and I competed for kitchen space all the while making lunch & breakfast. I found it bothersome since I am used to no competition for space.
Mindy walked Jacob to the bus stop while I showered. I was able to shower 15 minutes later than usual yet leave for work a few minutes earlier. The work day went pretty fast. It rained all day long. Looking at the radar it looked similar to the storm that brought us two inches of rain early in the month and 20 inches of snow a few days later. This, our third significant rain storm of the month, was once again tracking out of the Gulf of Mexico. I saw, too, that Mt Hood was being hammered with a late season snow. Their base is back up to 200 inches with snowfall for the season now over 620 inches. Wow! More coming too!
I didn’t take a lunch. I worked straight through. I left for home a little early – 5:10pm. Mindy had hot wings on the table by the time I arrived home. I had to walk Ykraps first, however. It was pouring rain, still. Needless to say, our walk was brisk. The wings were tasty. Jacob wanted more than his share. Lucky for him, I wasn’t ravenously hungry and ate only nine. After clean-up, Mindy lured me to the basement to show me what she’d done organization-wise. She was at stand still with all of my junk at this point. We went through several piles deciding what would stay and what would go, and then where. Even still, there’s much, much more to go through. I get agitated looking through stuff like that, almost to the point of paralysis. Not sure why. But more importantly, thanks to Mindy, we at least made some progress. But if our basement is to be finished, the rest will have to get done soon.
While in the basement, Jacob caught view of a couple bamboo sticks once used in home decor. He asked to play with them. Sure. Suddenly I realized I had armed the boy with weapons. He was swinging them at me, and then also at Bella. Eventually he gave the smaller stick to Bella. Some where along the line Bella got worried for Jacob’s safety even though he was the one attacking me and so began crying profusely for ME to stop. Me? I was only defending myself. In truth, Jacob and I were both just having fun. Mindy came down in a vain attempt at calming her, but it did little good. Eventually, Jacob and I tired of the horse play and headed back upstairs.
That was Mindy’s queue to get the kids into their jammies and then finally to bed. As usual, I tucked the kids in. Afterwards, Mindy was determined to talk about my pissy attitude. I wasn’t too keen on the idea wanting instead to relax and read. And while it was true that I was in my cave, I wasn’t at all ready to come out! But still, she persisted. Subsequently, we talked for about 15 minutes. Neither of us ended the conversation feeling the issue was resolved, however. Lucky for us, that’s rare. Mindy went on to bed while I stayed finally getting some reading in. I’m reading Eckhart Tolle’s, A New Earth, Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose. Like most of his other stuff, I find it enlightening.
I read until I began to dose. That felt terrific. I crept up to bed a little after 10pm.
My walk with Ykraps confirmed what I already knew. It was raw & rainy. I used Mindy’s large green & white umbrella, so I didn’t get too wet at all. After PC and meditation I delivered Mindy’s coffee right on queue. It wasn’t but a few minutes before I was out the door running in the rain. I managed to stay dry despite the heavy rain, thanks to excellent running gear. However, I did mis-step into a puddle or two soaking my shoes & socks. But that I hardly noticed until I was back home. I was lucky, the rain lightened considerably during the run.
Inside, I stripped out of my wet clothes and slipped back into my pajamas. Mindy and the kids were already up as expected readying for their day. Mindy and I competed for kitchen space all the while making lunch & breakfast. I found it bothersome since I am used to no competition for space.
Mindy walked Jacob to the bus stop while I showered. I was able to shower 15 minutes later than usual yet leave for work a few minutes earlier. The work day went pretty fast. It rained all day long. Looking at the radar it looked similar to the storm that brought us two inches of rain early in the month and 20 inches of snow a few days later. This, our third significant rain storm of the month, was once again tracking out of the Gulf of Mexico. I saw, too, that Mt Hood was being hammered with a late season snow. Their base is back up to 200 inches with snowfall for the season now over 620 inches. Wow! More coming too!
I didn’t take a lunch. I worked straight through. I left for home a little early – 5:10pm. Mindy had hot wings on the table by the time I arrived home. I had to walk Ykraps first, however. It was pouring rain, still. Needless to say, our walk was brisk. The wings were tasty. Jacob wanted more than his share. Lucky for him, I wasn’t ravenously hungry and ate only nine. After clean-up, Mindy lured me to the basement to show me what she’d done organization-wise. She was at stand still with all of my junk at this point. We went through several piles deciding what would stay and what would go, and then where. Even still, there’s much, much more to go through. I get agitated looking through stuff like that, almost to the point of paralysis. Not sure why. But more importantly, thanks to Mindy, we at least made some progress. But if our basement is to be finished, the rest will have to get done soon.
While in the basement, Jacob caught view of a couple bamboo sticks once used in home decor. He asked to play with them. Sure. Suddenly I realized I had armed the boy with weapons. He was swinging them at me, and then also at Bella. Eventually he gave the smaller stick to Bella. Some where along the line Bella got worried for Jacob’s safety even though he was the one attacking me and so began crying profusely for ME to stop. Me? I was only defending myself. In truth, Jacob and I were both just having fun. Mindy came down in a vain attempt at calming her, but it did little good. Eventually, Jacob and I tired of the horse play and headed back upstairs.
That was Mindy’s queue to get the kids into their jammies and then finally to bed. As usual, I tucked the kids in. Afterwards, Mindy was determined to talk about my pissy attitude. I wasn’t too keen on the idea wanting instead to relax and read. And while it was true that I was in my cave, I wasn’t at all ready to come out! But still, she persisted. Subsequently, we talked for about 15 minutes. Neither of us ended the conversation feeling the issue was resolved, however. Lucky for us, that’s rare. Mindy went on to bed while I stayed finally getting some reading in. I’m reading Eckhart Tolle’s, A New Earth, Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose. Like most of his other stuff, I find it enlightening.
I read until I began to dose. That felt terrific. I crept up to bed a little after 10pm.
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