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Really Super Special Haiku Friday

Today's a sparkling day. Here's why. If you're a lucky ducky person and you're in a place where there's a clear sky, look up. Tonight is the peak night to view the Perseid meteor shower. And it's fantastic. It's one of those happenings that hollers nicely, "IF THE UNIVERSE CAN MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN, THERE ARE WONDERFUL POSSIBILITIES!"

Now a story. Five years ago, an extremely new friend and I viewed the Perseid meteor shower together. We had just met that summer and we were lucky enough to be outside the night the Earth was traveling through the comet, Swift-Tuttle's, orbit. Swift-Tuttle. Say it out loud. "Swift Tuttle." Fun, isn't it? Anyway, it blew our minds. And bonded us in a way that only pieces of comet junk traveling through the Earth's atmosphere can. And so today, we celebrate. And in my celebration with you, I share the Really Super Special Haiku I received today from my now forever friend.

It doesn't directly address meteor showers, but it does speak of wonderful possibilites and I have come to fully appreciate that message.

 

Water is Wet

It's been raining. I know days of rain can seem like the biggest downer. Wet shoes, wet hair, wet face, cold fingers, and gray, gray, gray skies. Well get ready for some Pollyanna-ish perspective because I've got it. At least right now I do. Who knows if I'll still hold such positive thoughts if this keeps up for weeks.

Here we go. It's rain. It's wet. It doesn't mean life has to be gloomy. We have x-tra tuffs. There's Gore-tex. And here's something. We're in AK. Where weather is CRAZY! We can't expect months and months of sunshine. We have to expect some rain. Especially with weatheriness being so entirely unpredictable these days.

And if you're someone who opts to stay inside, I say do it fully. Bake up a storm. Dirty that kitchen and take extra fingerscrapes of cookie dough while you're at it. Clean like crazy. Clean so much and so good that you have to take a shower afterward. You know what I'm talking about. And then. AND THEN! Relax. I think wet weather gives people the permission to get three movies from Hanson's and maybe finish them in one day. Maybe.

What am I doing this rainy week? Painting my stairs blue. And who knows. I might paint them again if the color sucks bad. 'Cause you never know.