Lazy, Rainy Saturday

It's a lazy day in the household today. It's a rainy Georgia Saturday - and boy, do we need the rain. All have heard of the drought we faced last year that is still in dangerous levels. So, the rain is welcomed, praised, and also a great excuse to do absolutely nothing. It's funny how rainy days play on us - it's almost like they suck the energy out of you AND gently whisper "it's ok - be a sloth today, I give ye permission".

Generally, on the weekends, we are scurrying around trying to do all the things that the work week simply won't allow. The mounds of laundry that seem to deviously multiply while we're at work, sweeping and mopping, dusting - just the day-to-day chores that become week-to-week tasks. The husb and I always try to make one another accountable. The one who is really into accomplishing all the mundane projects will look at the one who is not so keen on the idea with that look: the one that evokes enough guilt that it makes you want to start taking curtains down and washing windows. There is no time for loafing here - and one of us is always up for playing the role of house master where we whip the other one into a cleaning frenzy simply by raising an eyebrow to that pillow your snuggling on the couch.

But NOT on rainy days. Nobody gulits anyone. Nobody is running around with the bucket full of cleaning supplies, sprinting up and down the stairs with a swiffer in one hand and a magic eraser in the other. No siree. On rainy days, we drink coffee leisurely, scoot around the house looking out one door, then the other - making sure that the blessed aqua that is falling from the sky isn't about to leave and make us be responsible people. We even lay in bed and watch tv - while eating popcorn - with our pjs on !! It's wonderful, pure bliss. And let me tell you - being in Georgia, in the midst of one of the worst droughts in history, can you imagine how many of these days we've had lately?? Right.

So, today, on this wonderful rainy Saturday in Atlanta - we are hereby decreeing this a day of rest. I'm gonna run, hop, skip, and JUMP! into my bed with remote in hand and start flipping through the channels all the while praying that this isn't a passing shower.