Rain!

Ok, this rain is ridiculous even by Westcoast standards! The cat's restless and I'm restless. Odd how we always think we'd like a day when we're forced inside to do all those unfinished projects but when it comes we only want to be out and about. I'm just thankful I no longer live in that old basement apartment, the one that was prone to flooding.

When I first moved into my old apartment my retired next door neighbours came by and introduced themselves and said, "If you ever need any help, please just come on by." Later that week Victoria experienced record rainfall in a single day and I had a torrent of water rushing into my place. I felt rather foolish but I ran next door and when the husband answered the door I said, "Remember when you said if I ever needed any help?" We worked for three long hours and partway through the time his wife came over and announced, "I've made a pot of chili and supper will be ready whenever you two are." They were awesome. The best neighbours ever. At one point when it was just his wife and I alone she touched my hand and said, "Don't worry dear, you have made his day. Believe me, tomorrow at the club he's going to be telling everyone how he rescued this pretty young thing." For months whenever they would introduce me to one of their friends, their friends would inevitably say, "Oh, you're the girl with the flood."

Well, I think I'm just going to have to get wet because this rain is not going to stop and sitting around here just makes me think of all the things I should be doing but don't want to. I think later I might have to come up with a list of top ten songs about the rain! Anything to delay cleaning.