And It Rained

Wow. I guess the weather finally decided to make up for all the beautiful days we have had since I arrived in Washington. Not that today wasn't beautiful (it was gorgeous). But it sure did rain (and continues to do so). I'm getting the impression that weather seems to hang in here longer than in Saskatchewan. The rain hasn't let up all day and it's been steadily heavy rain. I don't know much about weather and weather patterns but Washington doesn't get much wind, and it's close to the coast which seems to allow weather (both good and bad) to stick around for awhile. We sure did need this rain though so I'm glad. But I'm also thinking of all our clients who have no shelter. The emergency shelters don't upon for another month so I'm sure that a lot of our guys are toughing it out somewhere tonight. Right now I'm feeling pretty glad and grateful to have a roof over my head where I can stay dry. Anyways, enough weather talk. I'm looking forward to a peaceful long weekend (yes, we have Monday off too - Columbus Day - so I can at least pretend I'm in Canada celebrating Thanksgiving). My housemates and I are in fact planning a Canadian Thanksgiving dinner for Monday night!! So yeah, no big plans for the weekend as of yet (earlier in the week I had been thinking about a day bike trip but I don't think the weather is going to cooperate) but that's ok by me at the moment. Think I'll just curl up in front of the tv with my Moosehead beer and dark chocolate and watch Shaun of the Dead (gotta love zombie movies - particularly the British variety). So good night and god bless.