Today I was planning on sitting down and writing a blog post about the glory and wonder of beautiful sunny weather, however the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray (don't tell me my English Literature A level hasn't come in handy), and when I woke up this morning I found a cloudy sky drizzling with rain. Great.
But rather than use it as a reason to neglect blogging, I decided to use it to my advantage and write a post about how, sometimes, wet weather can be a good thing. I don't know about you guys, but I often feel like warm weather means that I have to go for a walk, to the park, do a bit of shopping or sit outside in order to really enjoy it, when really what I want to do is sit inside, read and put that film on that I've been meaning to watch for ages.
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| - Look at the poor garden furniture just dying to be used - |
Aside from a mad dash to the post office during the 10 minutes that it stopping bucketing it down, today I've done all of those things and barely left the house. I've been reading We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver, which is an absolute god-send of a book and I recommend it to anyone and everyone; it's such an interesting exploration into place of the family as an institution in modern society, drinking lots of tea, reading NME magazine and (of course) catching up on blogging. I'm also planning on watching either The Full Monty, which is a film full of cheeky British humour and watching it is just a splendous experience all round, or The History Boys, the film adaptation of a play by Alan Bennett and one of the most uniquely triumphant stories I have ever come across.
I really love that rainy days seem to make everything slow down, and give me the opportunity to step back from everything and just have some time to enjoy the little things. Although I love summer and the warmer weather, as well as keeping myself occupied and out-and-about, I think sometimes being forced to stay inside and spend a day doing things that wastes time but barely any energy is exactly what I need.
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| - My day in a snapshot - |
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| - I hope the neighbours don't mind me taking photos of their cars - |
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