~Rainy Days and Mondays~

Welcome friends!  It is very late Monday night and temperatures are down to a lovely 61°F after a lovely warm and breezy day.      I hope all of you will soon get a respite from the hot weather.  The weatherman seems to think it will remain oppressive in the south while the north gets much cooler.   We only had a week of very hot weather in July but the rest of summer was very normal and moderate.

Astronomical autumn is Sept. 21 st, but meteorological autumn is Sept. 1st.

 Welcome to Tuesday 4

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We've had a lot of rain recently and it got me wondering about some things.

Could we discuss it please?

1.Do rainy days and/or Mondays really get you down? If so why?

No, they don't get me down. I enjoy rainy days and while I never really loved going to work after a weekend, it didn't get me down.

2. Does thunder and lightning frighten you at all?    If I am outside in the thick of it, yeah.  It's dangerous.  But safe inside, I enjoy it.

How about your dog or cat and what do you do to help them out?

My cats and dogs never displayed any symptoms of fear at all during storms.  I think if they know they are part of a strong pride or pack they are not fearful.    Actually I never thought about this until this post but, it's true that they were their same selves during bad weather.

I know many animals have a hard time.   Have you seen the video of the little squirrel who clutches her little hands to her heart when sudden thunder frightens her?

She is videoed in her squirrel home with a hidden camera.

I jumped back hard once when leaving the ZCMI  in West Valley, Utah and heard the loudest crack of thunder I have ever heard.   It was incredible and I never experienced that before or since!  The ZCMI was a department store much like  Nordstrom.

3. If you are at home on a dark, rainy day what do you do with your time?  I do what I usually do on an average or weekend day but I do enjoy things more.  I like the feeling of being safe and cozy in
my little house or even when I was at work or in school.

 Some find it a good day to cuddle up with a cuppa and read or watch TV.. what is your preference?  I think it's a good day to just sit with a cuppa and watch the rain falling on the water and into the woods.  When I lived in town, I loved seeing cars pass and the neon glow of stop lights on the rainy street out front of my apartment.   That apartment with just me and my kids was one of the happiest times of my life.

4.Ever been caught in a downpour or has rain ever ruined your plans?  

Yes,  There was a real downpour once while I was on the boardwalk but I ducked into a little restaurant and sat it out while having a nice little meal.    Another time I was on the Parkway and the downpour got so bad that you could not see so I had to pull over onto the side of the road to wait it out.

bonus question: Why do Mondays seem to be so unpopular with so many?  People really don't want to work and many work at jobs they hate.    When Monday rolls around and they must go back to work they become unhappy.   So many are mistreated at work or not appreciated and weekends without that stress are hard to leave behind.