A rainy couple of hours always brings me down...

It didn’t rain overnight as predicted (at least not here) but it was noticeably cooler Wednesday morning. About 10:00 AM, it did start to rain and it was still raining when I went to lunch. I didn’t do much, just got some money out of the ATM and went to the gas station to fill up. My low-gasoline light came on during the ride home from work Tuesday night, but if there ever was an ozone action day, Tuesday was it! I ate a drive-thru fish sandwich for lunch.

BTW, it has not been lost on me that the name “ozone action day” is an oxymoron. When its hot and muggy, you are supposed to NOT drive unless you have to, NOT cut your grass or use any other gasoline-powered tools outside and NOT fill up you gas tank. If you’re supposed to NOT do stuff, it should be called an “ozone non-action day.”

Br that as it may, the rain had just about stopped by the time I got back to work. And, later on, the sun came out, hot enough to start drying up puddles.

The first thing I did when I got home after work was the check the rain gauge. All we got at my house was less than 1/8 of an inch! Better than nothing, I suppose, but an all-day, steady rain would work wonders (or maybe it’s too late for that).

Since I was outside, I was once again reminded just how dirty the windows were. So, I washed the inside and outside of the downstairs bathroom window, the French door and the storm door, the kitchen window and then the main bathroom window. The last two required digging out the short step ladder.

On a roll, and carrying a roll of paper towels, I also washed the stovetop and the top and sides of the fridge. I finished about 7:30 PM and then started the Wednesday night wash (I wish I’d thought of that earlier).

I wrote out a few bills (there are still a couple that I have to pay by check) and balanced the check register.

I made a peanut butter and orange marmalade sandwich for dinner, watched a little TV and then went to bed early.