It’s raining today. In February.
I’m sure that this may not sound surprising to some but this is Ottawa. It doesn’t rain in Ottawa in February! Normally, we would either be buried in four feet of snow or enduring temperatures that are so cold, it’s not actually able to snow! But it never rains!
I’ve been home sick for the past two days and ending the week on a rainy note seems appropriate in its own lazy and lethargic way. Being sick is really frustrating to me because I’m normally such a busy and active person that the idea of being cooped up and forced to sit on the couch just upsets me! Ironically enough though, in the midst of my healthy, busy life…I often catch myself thinking how dreamy it would be to have an afternoon to just sit on my couch doing nothing. Funny.
Given that I was caged at home, I took the opportunity to watch countless episodes of Sex & the City. I have to admit…it was fun! I started watching it back when I was still single and living on my own. I happen to be at the video store one night when I stumbled upon it. It was a really hot summer night in mid-July and I had just come home from having dinner with some friends. It was already late but for some reason, the night hawk in me felt compelled to stop and rent a video on my way home. I can remember sitting in my sweltering bachelor apartment, with my curtains blowing in the breeze, until all hours of the night. Long after the rest of the neighborhood had gone to sleep, I found myself perched up in my bed with my favourite ice cream in hand, laughing hysterically at the dating mishaps of my new friends.
And so it began. The girls have been a permanent structure in my life ever since and they never fail to remind me of those long summer nights when I lived vicariously through them on the streets of New York City. Of course, watching it curled up with a heating pad and a sore throat isn’t quite the same but it does bring some cheer to an otherwise miserable reason to not be at work!
Thanks girls…you’re fabulous!
I’m sure that this may not sound surprising to some but this is Ottawa. It doesn’t rain in Ottawa in February! Normally, we would either be buried in four feet of snow or enduring temperatures that are so cold, it’s not actually able to snow! But it never rains!
I’ve been home sick for the past two days and ending the week on a rainy note seems appropriate in its own lazy and lethargic way. Being sick is really frustrating to me because I’m normally such a busy and active person that the idea of being cooped up and forced to sit on the couch just upsets me! Ironically enough though, in the midst of my healthy, busy life…I often catch myself thinking how dreamy it would be to have an afternoon to just sit on my couch doing nothing. Funny.
Given that I was caged at home, I took the opportunity to watch countless episodes of Sex & the City. I have to admit…it was fun! I started watching it back when I was still single and living on my own. I happen to be at the video store one night when I stumbled upon it. It was a really hot summer night in mid-July and I had just come home from having dinner with some friends. It was already late but for some reason, the night hawk in me felt compelled to stop and rent a video on my way home. I can remember sitting in my sweltering bachelor apartment, with my curtains blowing in the breeze, until all hours of the night. Long after the rest of the neighborhood had gone to sleep, I found myself perched up in my bed with my favourite ice cream in hand, laughing hysterically at the dating mishaps of my new friends.
And so it began. The girls have been a permanent structure in my life ever since and they never fail to remind me of those long summer nights when I lived vicariously through them on the streets of New York City. Of course, watching it curled up with a heating pad and a sore throat isn’t quite the same but it does bring some cheer to an otherwise miserable reason to not be at work!
Thanks girls…you’re fabulous!
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