Good Night Rain

It's been raining all day and I've enjoyed it from beginning to end. I woke up at 5:30 am to hear it dropping loudly on the weird plexi-glass awning we have over our basement door in the "front"* of the house. I lost my joy for it briefly between 5:45 am and 6 am when my computer was freaking out on me and the keyboard wouldn't work and my whole world came crashing down on me since our only chance of survival right now is this great job I have that I love and CAN'T LOSE.

But then I got settled in on the laptop which is a cheap one I have never particularly liked until today. The rain came back into my hearing like a wonderful tapping at the temple of my sentient spirit.

Right now it's just after 7pm. I'm tired. It's been a full day. The kid had yesterday and today off from school and mostly played computer games but took time out to get all excited about the fact that his birthday is two weeks away and we played Bionicles. Then I watched him do stunts. I have to say his stunts are pretty fantastic. After he got tired of that I built him a new Lego fortress.

I also made soup for which a recipe will follow in a day or two. I'm tentatively naming it "tenement soup". It has cabbage in it. I think it might be capable of warding off tuberculosis. Possibly even the plague. Perfect for a rainy afternoon.

I harvested plantain from my yard. Plaintain is a "weed" which also happens to have some (apparently) strong medicinal value and I plan to make my very first stick deodorant using an oil infused with plantain, thyme, comfrey, and calendula. I will be telling you all about plantain very soon.

But right now I must head off to bed. I just wanted to sit down here where you all come to say hello. I wanted to feel a part of something social before closing down for the night.

I also wanted to share a wonderful conversation between myself and Max today. He rushed off from our Lego playing to pee. He came back a moment later:

"Mom, I kind of peed my pants."

I stared at him with very little surprise. He decides to elaborate.

"Well, I didn't really pee in my pants but when I took my wiener out to pee I didn't do it fast enough and some of my pee got on my pants."

"That's alright." I said. "Sometimes it must be very hard to have a penis."

He thinks for a moment as he removes the offending garment.

"Yeah, but it must be hard to have a vagina too sometimes because you can't just pull your pants down and aim your pee because it will just go straight down."



Wow, it sure is good to appreciate the blessings of one's genitals, isn't it?