Rain rain today today, sleepyheads in bed to stay

[dorchadas]

I woke up with my alarm in near-darkness, took a shower, got out, got dressed, and sashagee was still asleep. I went out and made most of my breakfast, and when I went back to get my watch sashagee had woken up but Laila was still asleep. It was raining hard outside, and so we decided to let her sleep in. sashagee carried her out to the bathroom around 8 a.m., gave her her medicine, and she immediately came over to give me a big hug as I was leaving for the office. Apparently as soon as I left, Laila went over to the couch, pulled some blankets over herself, and fell back asleep. That rain is really hitting her hard!

I brought my umbrella but really didn't use it. The thing about the Windy City is that half the time (and like 95% of the time if it's a thunderstorm), the wind is going to break your umbrella and then you're out one umbrella and still wet, so. Or it's one of the storms rolling in from the plains dumping buckets and your umbrella is not going to help. Or it's a drizzle and doesn't matter. True sign of a long-term Chicago resident is that we own an umbrella and don't really use it.

Today is the "Spring Step-off" event at work, but the rain has ruined a lot of the plans. We were all originally going to go out and walk for a couple miles on the riverwalk, but since the weather wasn't conductive to it, instead we walked in circles around the floor. Eleven loops was a mile, and most people did five or, on the high end, eleven or so. I did thirty-six, and I wasn't the top performer--he did fifty-five. Since my walk took me around fifty minutes, I figured that was enough, and retired back to my desk with the free subs and pickles that were in the break room. Mediterranean subs, so veggies and spicy hummus, on slightly toasted bread. Delicious. There's also a bunch of cookies, so I grabbed a cookie every nine laps or so and then had extra cookies when I got home because sashagee had made white chocolate and strawberry cookies. Well, I was planning to really kick a new exercise routine into gear, so this is an extra reason to.

Comments

[earthspirits]

Interesting office event, and you did a lot of loops. The food sounds delicious!

[gwendraith]

Umbrellas and rain is a feature of the UK. We do see a lot of broken ones but probably not as bad as there as it's not always that windy. Can you buy those "unbreakable" ones? They blow inside out and then spring back, but they always break in the end. I like the spring step off event at work, what a good idea.

[dorchadas]

I hadn't heard of an unbreakable umbrella so I had to look it up. It might work--the worst that could happen is that I'd have another broken umbrella (as you say), but that would happen anyway.