#26 - Don't Like Missing the Storm

Shopping

​Today I tried to squeeze in a quick grocery store trip before the rain. Not because I'm scared of getting wet. I just wanted to be back home to enjoy it!

I didn't beat the rain. The alarm on my phone went off before I arrived.

Store to Myself

I hate grocery shopping. Don has done pretty much all the shopping for the last few years. I know he misses it. He would have loved it today.

I had the place to myself. I texted him once to ask if the rain had started at home. The lights were flickering in the store and I could hear rain pounding the roof. I tried to rush my shopping. I hate missing a good storm.

Oops

I was glad that Don wasn't with me when I knocked a Gatorade to the floor, with my sloppy reach.

I had just texted Don, so why not capture the mess on my cell phone? Then I alerted a man stocking shelves on another aisle. "I didn't do it!" I teased. "It was one of those people!" I pointed to the empty aisle. He was very kind and didn't scold.

Waiting it Out

I dashed to the car and wanted to race home to enjoy the storm with Don. I love sky drama, from our family room windows!

But I waited a while for rain to ease up. I made my daily call to Dad in Missouri. We talked about rain and I asked if he could hear the thunder. We've talked about weather a lot, in the 18 months that I've been calling during this pandemic.

​Movie Afternoon?

​The rain eased up a bit and I drove home, eager to enjoy a stormy afternoon.

But Don was finishing up last night's (taped) sports. I'm glad the Astros made the World Series. It's giving Don a nice distraction, while he heals. But oh how I wish we could have watched some Alfred Hitchcock movie, while the skies rumbled. I really have to bite my tongue about my TV complaints in past weeks. I remember how Don patiently watched a lot of Turner Classic Movies with me, during my cancer months!

​Good-Bye Rain

I was disappointed when the skies dried up. 

But when I stepped out, the air had turned fresh and cool and the flowers looked happy. Our evening walk was pleasant. We're walking longer and talking more each day. 

Wine and TCM!
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By 6 pm, I had a meatloaf in the oven and Don decided he might be up for a tiny bit of red wine. After 3+ weeks, that wine tasted pretty heavenly. Even if we only had a 1/2 glass, in our tiny wine sampler glasses!

And after dinner, Don seemed slightly game for watching a campy horror movie, on TCM Channel. I'm not sure what I've missed more in 3 weeks, wine or TCM? Tonight I had a little of both and it was a treat!

Mostly it was a treat, feeling like a little bit of normal is coming back to our world.
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