Rainshine

I was up at 530am in what would be yet another cloudy, rainy start to the day. I breezed through morning calisthenics before turning my attention to Frankie's needs. As expected, she was hesitant to relieve herself in the steady rainfall. I carried on with the rest of my morning as I do most days. There was coffee, meditation, stretching and then my run. I penned Frankie before heading out. It was still raining steadily but thankfully not too hard. The temperature hovered somewhere near 58 degrees and it was a chilly rain. I was good and wet not a half mile into my run, and somewhere along the line I ran through a puddle soaking my shoes through and through. Not a good feeling to have squishy shoes. I was surprised that Mindy was up when I got back home. She even had a beach towel waiting for me on the banister. That came in real handy. I was dripping wet. I threw my wet clothes in the dryer while Mindy took Frankie out in the rain. I set my running shoes on top of the dryer. I can't recall if Mindy made my eggs or not. I know for certain that I ate them, though. I pulled my lunch together quickly. Mindy had veggies already cut up and loaded in plasticware. I grabbed a can of tuna, some yogurt, and a banana. Voila! Lunch. I headed to the shower around 745am and returned ready at 805am. There would be no coffee time on the deck prior to leaving for work. The rain made that a certainty. We chatted briefly about our day. Mindy planned to do more painting and decorating in Jacob's new room with the help of nephew Joe. Not sure what time he planned on coming by. I headed up to the room just before leaving to give Mindy my thoughts on how we might do the stripes she envisioned. She liked my idea. Meanwhile, I wasn't too thrilled with the color scheme she wanted to use but understood why - the sports theme - Blue Jackets and Buckeyes. I left for work around 815am. The work day was manageable despite me being the only one from the leadership team in the office. Received an email from Bob I. indicating his desire to golf tomorrow (Thursday) after almost a month without making it out. That goes for me too. Come lunch time I drove over to Golf Galaxy. With our coming vacation, I bought a soft shell travel bag for my clubs. There was a price discrepancy of $100. I expected it to be $89 but it rang up as $189. We walked back together to check out the sale sign. I was sure that it read $89. The sales guy pointed out that was for the red/black bag, not the black bag I selected, although in the same exact box and side by side. Said they were different. I asked that he show me the difference. He agreed, opened the box and pulled out the black bag. It was a bit beefier and had bigger and perhaps more durable wheels, but other than that identical. I opted for the red/black bag. But even it rang up at $119 instead of the $89 printed on the sign. He fixed it at the register. I looked at new irons too but wasn't serious. Just looking. Back to work at 145pm. The afternoon moved along at a good clip. I was busy but not inundated. I left the office for home at 510pm. The sky was clearing out and sunshine was now in abundance. In fact, Thursday's supposed to be a banner summer day - 84 sunny. Joe and Mindy were still hard at work in Jacob's new room, the wall stripping all but done. It looks really good. They hung new blinds and curtains, too, and painted the once faux wood grained desk black. It was still wet. The carpet in that room is for all intents and purposes trashed. Lots of food, beverage, and make-up stains from the days of Courtney. Without any furniture or the benefit of a throw rug, it looks bad being off-white carpet and all. Mindy had a solution. She bought a 5X8 area rug after we nixed the idea of new springing for all new carpeting. The new rug is black, tan, and gray. Should look good with the decor. Mindy seems to like decorating with black as much as me. It works well and transcends any particular style and/or era. Mindy started whipping up dinner while I played with the pug. After taking Frankie out back, I fetched Joe and I a beer. I drank a Commodore Perry IPA while Joe sipped a Southern Tier Hop Sun ( summer wheat). I'm not a big wheat beer fan - tastes too grassy to me. Mindy made a tasty chicken & pasta dish. It was delicious. We'll have to have it again. Joe had to leave. Must've been around 730pm when he headed out. I went out back to water flowers. Mindy ended up over at the neighbors with Frankie. Still hungry, I curbed it with a few handfuls of Cookie Crisp. Through the evening, I ended up napping on the familyroom floor while Mindy worked in Jacob's room. She's stressing over getting it finished before he returns from vacation Sunday. We're still waiting on the sports themed silhouettes she ordered online. Bella called upset, sharing how much she's been missing us. But not only that, she was bummed that Jacob would be getting what amounted to a surprise when he got home - a new bedroom. I assured her that we'd have a surprise of sorts for her too. After getting off the phone I suggested we buy Bella the Life DVD set. She absolutely loved that min-series, and I found it online for $40 at Amazon.com. Mindy agreed. We bought it with two-day delivery (promised to arrive Friday, June 11). Cool! I woke on the sofa with Frankie around 1130pm and headed up to bed.