Rain, rain

Ok, so it has been rainy and cold for 3 days straight now.  Not like hard rain, just a drizzle, but a constant drizzle.  Quite honestly, I love the weather.  I get to wear sweaters and it is great for curling up on the couch.  Hot tea and hot coffee taste even better than they did before.  The problem arises is needing groceries.  See, to get to the grocery store requires us to walk from our cozy apartment to the bus stop, wait for the bus, get on the bus, ride to the corner that the store is on, get off the bus, walk to the store, buy our groceries and do the process in reverse—this time with bags full of stuff.  Not generally something we dread.  Actually, we love going to the grocery store.  You would be surprised at how giddy we get.  But, numb fingers and toes and treks to the store are not quite as appealing.  So, last night we decided against it and are currently out of anything at all to drink.  I s’pose we will pray for favor and hope that the rain will cease for long enough for us to go shopping and return safely home.  Also, Pasha has fireworks and we want to light them tonight, but we can’t if it is raining.  (we learned this one from experience).  Mom, stop reading now, you don’t want to know the rest of this, and if you do choose to read on you are not allowed to say anything because I have now given you fair warning.  On Sunday night when Pasha came over he pulled out what was about the size of a cigarette and we couldn’t figure out what it was.  Finally, he was like “girls, you know, it goes BOOM” and then we flipped out b/c Amberly loves fireworks and apparently in Ukraine you don’t need a special occasion to set them off.  Something odd about this particular firework…no string.  You just light it and toss it.  Out our kitchen window.  At least this is what Pasha did.  But it was rainy and the dampness outside killed the flame.  Sad day.  We are going to try again tonight.  Well, that’s all I’ve got for now.  I am trying to be better about posting…we’ll see how long that lasts :o)

 

Peace Out.