Post of Rainy-day Blabbity-blab ...

Rain rain, go away ...

Actually, I don't mind the rain so much today because it's nice and cool. Somewhere in the low 60s or something. There's something comforting to me about a chilly, wet, gray day. I love the sound of the rain hitting the windows and roof and dripping through the trees.

I've been feeling scattered and just a little blah lately. I'm tired and really ready for school to be over. It ends on Thursday, and I'm looking forward to some down time for both me and the kiddo. I swear, getting up this week has been so, so hard. >.O

I had some errands to run, which is kind of a pain first thing in the morning. I like doing them right after I drop off my kiddo for school, but it leads to a lot of waiting around sometimes. Like today. I needed to do Borders to get end of the year gifts for my daughter's teachers. But Borders doesn't open till around 10 or 10:30, and I drop the kiddo off at 9. I waited part of the time in the parking lot of her school -- although I always think that probably makes me look like some kind of stalker person or something. Still, Borders has a parking garage, and I'm not wild about waiting around in my car inside one of them. It makes me feel ... well, not so safe.

Did the Borders errand: gift cards + neat book marks for the teachers, and the June issue of Country Living -- British Edition. Country Living has to be one of my all-time favorite magazines. I've subscribed to it off and on for years, but, even at the times when I had no subscription, I would pick it up off the stands. I was really thrilled to find they have a special British edition, so I try to get it once it comes out over here every month. Then I decided to do an early lunch, so I headed to Chile's. I really wanted their chicken enchilada soup, but they didn't open until 11. Another thirty minutes or so of waiting. Argh. At least I got to look at my new magazine while I hung around, trying not to feel like a dork. It was worth it, though. Soup was good, and I had plenty of peace and quiet to absorb and enjoy every glossy magazine page. *happeh*

This afternoon, I have to head to school for one of my volunteer days. I don't really want to, but I keep telling myself the year is almost up. I think I'm at a point where I'm just tired of doing things for other people. I want and need some time off and to myself, although I feel selfish and terrible for even thinking this. I'm going to get some eggrolls from a favorite Vietnamese restaurant to take along with me -- kind of a treat to go along with the end of the year gifts. So I'll have to run out and do that before I head over to the school for my tour. I volunteer tomorrow, too, but school gets out early. So it shouldn't be so bad. I hope.

Maybe I'll clean my house today. I wonder if getting things back to (more or less) straight around here will help my state of mind some. You know: a cluttered house ... cluttered mind. Hmmm. It might be worth an effort. If I can summon up the mental energy for it, that is. >.O

Pictures of My Kitty ...

For skyrat13 and genuinelie, who wanted to see pics of Sister Kitty.

(I actually have other pics of her, but they weren't uploaded to Photobucket. Weird. >.O)