Today, October third, two-thousand and eleven is a monday. Today also marks the first real October rain of the year, at least for me. What a delight it is.
This morning marks my first morning in my new (old, 1913) place of living. My Sebastopol home is very condusive to the artists spirit, after enjoying a quiet morning with Rodney King, Tom, and Bunnie (the three dogs that I live with) I got ready to head out to SRJC. I dressed myself in a big fluffy multi-colored wool sweater made by my Grandma for my dad. I took into my hands the great responsibility for wearing this sculptural masterpiece crafted from mere balls of yarn, and two needles.
This sweater, which will now be referred to as Gloria, for such a stupendous sweater deserves a name, is not only a marvel of the humans ability to evolve a method for weaving animal fibers into wearable clothing but is also more effective than a raincoat for keeping me warm. When wrapped up in Gloria my core was very cozy as I ventured out to starbucks (my apologies to all of my beloved hipster friends who will only drink coffee from shops that have the name of an animal within the title)
All I can say that being drenched by the sky, and rude drivers, on my walk back only enhanced my experience. Sure, I could have done without street water on me, but walking in the October rain was one of the big highlights of my year. As Gloria made sure that I was feeling good, I enjoyed the simple pleasure of enjoying my day. I find that being a student often gets people confused, you start thinking that you can enjoy yourself after you are finished getting your education. I find that this is untrue, it is your time to live right now! You are never again in your life going to experience the first rain of October 2011, so why don't you go outside and take a stroll?
"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." - 1 Corinthians 10:31
BTW- I have a shop on Etsy nowadays. :)
http://www.etsy.com/shop/vintagephotographr?ref=si_shop
