B and I took advantage of a weather break to get in a bit of a walk. We had lovely warm sunshine, but storm clouds were piling up over the Olympics.
I love watching storms approach. Everything on this side of the Olympics was springlike and mild. Other side of the Olympics was probably a much different story.
We’re in a mild rainshadow here: the Olympics wring a lot of the moisture from incoming storms. So you get what we got Monday and Tuesday: mild, mostly sunny weather followed by lots of clouds and a few showers as the storm passes over.
We’d had a few days of rain prior. Misha gets very insistent on using me for a mattress when it’s that gloomy, and we had a few arguments about it. I was trying to get work done. She didn’t want to budge. It’s very difficult to argue with a 21 year-old cat. Good thing for her that a lot of my work involves research, which I can do on the tablet, and thus accommodate her. But sometimes, I have to gently but firmly move her aside so I can get to the computer. Then we go through a routine where she tries to make the computer go away. Life is so hard, people.
The night before, I’d been up late alternately fighting a stubborn cat and a repeatedly-freezing computer in order to get a post finished. It should have only taken an hour, but between all the lock-ups and having to move the cat every three seconds, it took several hours. It doesn’t help that Aunty Flow is on the way, and delighting in reminding me of this fact by randomly shooting pains through my abdomen. It took a while to fall asleep, and then Misha decided to trample all over me for most of the morning trying to find a comfy spot. By the time she’d gotten settled, the mowers were out and loud. Sigh.
B hadn’t slept well, either. But getting out into the sunshine, with the gorgeous views and fresh breeze, plus a flowering tree, made it better. And I got to have some small revenge on Misha, since he spent the night. She hates having to share.
She got revenge right back by deciding to lie on top of me most of the night. It’s hard to sleep when you’re pinned, and your legs are getting numb. I finally got her to move off, but she slept beside my legs, forcing me to contort to fit us all.
Needless to say, I didn’t sleep lots that night, either.
We took a walk over to the creek in the morning to feed the ducks, and saw an adorable squirrel on the YMCA steps.
There were a couple of Hooded Mergansers on the creek. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen them there – usually, they’re hanging about Lake Washington, but don’t seem to frequent the smaller waterways. I’ll have pics up of them soon. They were neato. The ducks were being total assholes, and I will someday edit the videos I shot of them into an epic food fight compilation.
Then we watched a super awesome MMA bout, and I took B home and had some Wendys and collapsed like a dead person, thus screwing up my sleep schedule. Whoops.
But it was an awesome couple of days. Hopefully, you’ve had some enjoyable ones yourselves!
O, the glory of nature!
Honestly, the thought of a Creator just spoils the view, if you ask me. Roll on, thunder!