Week of September 21, 2013 – Thing to Do While Waiting on the Repair Man - And an End to the Rain

By Joan Whetzel

 

It’s Friday and I’m waiting on s repairman to give me an estimate for some exterior repairs to the back of my house. The wait is worsened by this week’s rains which have made up for our 3 year drought. (Seriously, I’m thinking of investing in Ark supplies.) The company said they’d call before they came for their 2:30 scheduled appointment, but that it would depend on the rain and whether they’d finished with the job(s) they had scheduled before us. It’s not looking like they’ll make it.

Don’t get me wrong. I love a good rain. I especially love rainy nights – great sleeping weather. However, I don’t much enjoy driving to and from work in a driving rain as I’ve done all week. I’d rather be at home snuggled up with a blanket and a good book or some other indoor activity. The rain we’ve had all week has created nightmare traffic, flash flooding, and has slowed pick-up and delivery times for some service industries. Our trash pickup this morning, for instance, was about 4 hours later than usual. Guess those trucks were having trouble getting to and from the dump sites, what with all the flooding.

Once I returned home from my weekly grocery shopping this morning, I got into some warm, dry pajamas before putting up the groceries, I settled into a day of indoor, rainy day activities. I generally find that rainy days are great for getting stuff done around the house because I’m not tempted  to dally around outside in the sunshine. Waiting for the rain to stop as well as waiting for the repair man’s estimation has given me an opportunity to get a few things done today, like:

·         The laundry.

·         Clean the bathroom.

·         Write this blog.

·         Read a couple chapters in “Around the World in 80 Days.”

·         Find out what it takes to fix the leaky shower head.

·         Look up ways to get rid of the mushrooms growing in our yard – the same kind of mushrooms that are growing in all our neighbors’ yards.

·         Vacuum.

·         Do the dishes.

·         Make potato soup and corn bread for supper.

·         Online banking.

·         Going through some clothes and other items to take to Goodwill.

·         Mending clothes.

 While doing these rainy day activities, I have come up with a list of many other things I need to get done. I feel inspired to straighten up a whole bunch of stuff – including ways to cook mushrooms. Does anybody know which kinds of mushrooms are not good to eat?