i'm searching for victims in the household storms

[hummingwolf]

Began the day feeling more than a little cranky thanks to a certain situation going on in real life. On the plus side, the situation should be over by the end of the month; on the minus side, the offline world may have some unpleasantness in store in the next nine days or so. Gah. The suspicion that you've been lied to by someone who doesn't give a damn is never pleasant.

For most of the day, the weather certainly wasn't helping my mood any--it was dull and grey and drippy. I was complaining to daisydumont that the ambience was not quite right for curling up in bed and reading a book, yet all wrong for anything more active and cheery. As lovely as winter can be, this simply was not a lovely day... and then, as afternoon shaded into evening--as light rain continued to fall--golden sunshine came out from behind the clouds. Immediately I grabbed my coat and headed east. Rainbow! Looked up at a good, solid-seeming arc as long as it was visible, then headed back toward sunset and home.

Didn't walk much today. Too dizzy and tired. Did about half as much laundry as needs to be done. Read very little, but did listen to some BBC programmes. Talked a bit with various people (offline) for an hour or so. But I did get out to see a rainbow, so the day was far from a complete waste.

Comments

[paradigm-palace.livejournal.com]

I'm very glad that you got to see the rainbow. Little moments like that can make a huge impact on an otherwise awful day. Good luck with your offline crisis. When you need a break you can visit my journal to see my self-inflicted offline crisis documented online :-) (Unfortunately, I can't find a seamstress who makes swiss cheese wedding gowns.)

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

The offline thing isn't so much a crisis as a nasty annoyance. Here's hoping it doesn't become anything more than that.

No Swiss cheese wedding gowns? Maybe you can substitute Jarlsberg...

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

we're supposed to have sunshine today! let's hope so. i didn't know there were rainbows yesterday. but i do love it when the sun breaks through in late afternoon. :)

the title of your post would make a great start to a poem. hope the situation resolves sooner than in 9 days.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

I see sunshine! Lots of sunshine! Temp around 40 too and I'm not feeling very dizzy, so this could be a good day for being out and doing.

Just after I'd posted to you yesterday whining about the weather, I realized that the sun was trying to come out. A few seconds later when I realized that the clouds hadn't stopped dripping was when I grabbed my coat and exited the house to see a rainbow for a bit. :-)

The title of the post comes from MegaHAL, of course. HAL is such a source of consolation to me.

[conscience.livejournal.com]

Well, hope the offline situation resolves without too much ha-hoo about it.
Been pretty blech here as well...another storm rolled through and finally broke last night into some great rain, so hopefully I can stop being a zombie now.

Rainbow. Yay!
I was watching an old Noah and the Ark thing on Discovery or the History channel yesterday. Did you know with all my Catholic upbringing, it kind of shocked me when they brought up the symbolism of the rainbow? Funnily, it was in a schoolroom of kids...kidergarten or pre-school or something. It was one of those things 'cool things' you forget about as you grow up, and when you hear it again, you go, "Oh yeah, I remember that now!"

Ah, the magic of childhood....

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

I just want the end of the month to be here now. Here's hoping the next few days don't bring too much annoyance.

Aren't rainbows nifty? Full of color and promise.