Dancing in the rain

weather forecast says rain

[therefore]

it's a perfect time to dance

Show them how it's done Gene.

Taylor Swift - Fearless

Harvest.

[from Saturday]

It's one of those dreary, horrible Saturdays because it's raining outside.
Except it isn't. It may be cold and dark outside but it sure is warm and cheery inside.
The roommates decided to go all out on a southern comfort style breakfast. Bacon, eggs, sausage, pancakes, grits and all. I had to leave early to go celebrate my dad's birthday at a buffet. Sigh. I and my little bellow are not made for buffets.

The seasons changed so quickly. I was wearing tanktops last week and suddenly the sky remembered it was suppose to be fall and began to mourn the end of summer by sending down tears of rain. The sky wasn't whimpering tears, it was bawling.

But rain also means life (or green things).
My stepmother's tomato plants use to be wee weed-like beings and now they have transformed into bushes bearing little beings of life. I hope my herb plants can be just as fruitful.

Rainy Day Solution: Stay In

Today was a cold, rainy day.

The perfect day to stay under your covers and deny the fact that a weekday means driving through rain to go sit in a cubicle.

How to make the most of such a day:

1. Yummy Food

I tried Taqueria El Adobe on Fair Oaks + Old San Francisco. 

$1.50 tacos!

Now I no longer have to track down taco trucks nor wait till midnight for the party people at Club Parranda.

Plus, unlimited chips and salsa.

(Good for my tummy. Not good for my canker.)

2.  Good Reading/Company

I finally picked up a copy of Intellectual Devotional from Half-Priced Books.

Day 1 was the history of the Alphabet.

(Conversation about the history of the alphabet.)

(After 10 minutes reading about the alphabet and tying in our current study on the book of Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the statue and the different mighty kingdoms that would arise after Babylon and how the idea of the alphabet was probably passed on to the Romans - Daniel 2. JP and GW would be so proud.)

Me: ... and that was how the Egyptians created with the first alphabet.

JBear: Oh. Well did you know that the pilgrims gave the Native Americans VD?

Me: (O_o) What?

3. Indoor Activities

Today I learned how to curl.

My toes were freezing and felt like they were going to fall off any moment. 

I felt the gallon of salsa in my tummy make waves everytime I lunged. (darn you unlimited salsa bar.)

But... 

I did fall over 3 times.

Get 2 stones in the house.  

And had 1 marvelous night!

 

New knowledge: Each granite stone weigh 42 lbs and costs $500. Curling is a Scottish sport. 

My instructor was Canadian and somehow everything began smelling like maple syrup, eh?

(check out San Jose Curling Club - Intro to Curling Clinics)