I LOVE IT WHEN IT RAINS!!! And it finally - FINALLY- rained today.

I had planned on reading a few pages of the book my darling friend Laurie sent to me (for guest blogging on her site) while HDTodder (otherwise known as Child Terror for 48 Hours And Running) slept, and I managed to fall asleep. I was reminded of my grandma who would do the same thing : you know, the "I'm going to read for a few minutes ..." , then the open-mouth-jello-neck-head-bob. That was me today, folks.

OUT. LIKE. A. LIGHT.

And what did I wake up to?

I woke up to RAIN.

And not just sprinkles, but full-on big fat ass rain drops, thunder (and the sound of a Stanley Steamer van across the street ruining the sound of my perfect rainstorm, you ass).

I'm NOT rubbing this in the faces of those in the heat wave from Hell. Promise you not. I would share it all with you in a heartbeat!! We've been scorching here and it's nice to have some relief. More importantly, the farmers/ranchers in eastern Colorado (my family!) need the rain. Badly. Wheat harvest this year was dismal to say the very least.

And when it rains like this, I see the world as a less sucky place. I love the rain. I love being IN the rain. When I was little, my grandma said it would start raining, I'd run out in it and start dancing and singing.

My husband is from Oregon. He hates the rain now. When we were at the Zoo in Oregon in June, it was raining and I was giddy like a little kid. He swears I would be sick of the rain if I lived there. The man doesn't know me at all. I don't believe it for a second. Overcast skies alone put me in a fantastic mood. FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC!

I woke up, HDToddler still asleep, turned on my favorite Red House Painters album, sat back and relaxed. And it's strange - the Red House Painters aren't a peppy band. They are quite the opposite, but I love the lyrics. I love being introspective. And that's what I reach for when it's raining.

I love days like today.

Song In My Head: "Have You Forgotten?" - Red House Painters