Rainy Wednesday

It started raining after dinner on Tuesday, continued through the night, and off and on all day Wednesday (mostly on).  I rode to school with Traci, but every part of me that wasn't under my rain jacket got soaked to the skin. By the time I got back, I didn't feel like I would ever want to leave the apartment again.  I also wanted to run out and buy a car for Traci! And yes, I am used to rain, but at home I have a clothes dryer, and a car, so I spend more time looking at the rain, than actually being drenched by it.

In the morning, there were low clouds, and clouds lying in the valleys of the surrounding mountains.  It was very pretty. The lake was very choppy, the waves blowing from east to west.  Through the day, I watched the clouds (some were small, black storm clouds) come over the mountains to the east, move across the lake, then pass over the western mountains. I waited for a break in the rain to go to the store.

At the store, I found a microwave bun steamer, a small rectangular non-stick skillet, a long angled spatula to go with it, and a dish tub---all things that Traci will use a lot.  I also found what looks like a wide vegetable peeler, but it's for finely shredding cabbage.  That one's for me--it looks like a fun item!

I also went for a little bike ride along the lake, which was very relaxing :)  before cooking dinner.  Traci doesn't have a rice cooker yet, and her stove doesn't really turn low enough, but I managed to cook a decent pot of rice to go with our curry.  I used a packaged of store-made mild brown curry sauce, pork cutlet, onion, carrot and some kind of japanese mountain potato.  It was tasty. :)

Thursday should be sunnier.