Rainy Day People

Today was a beautiful rainy day in Clark County, Washington. As I drove to my parent's house north of Battle Ground, the hills were shrouded in low-lying white mist. The evergreens stood out against it. I missed the Northwest weather when I was living in California. The last two years there were almost free of rain, and the air got dry and dusty. Once, when I was walking across a supermarket parking lot, I felt something plop on my head from the sky. I was afraid that a bird had let loose above me. Then I felt it again. I touched my head and felt moisture. It was a raindrop! Honest, it hadn't rained for so long that I forgot what a raindrop feels like. In my opinion, sunny weather loses its luster when it goes on without end. Colds are going around here, though. My friend Thea's mom was feeling quite poorly this week, then Thea, then me. I took some "Wellness Formula" pills that I got at Whole Foods and sprayed my throat with zinc. That seemed to do the trick as I'm feeling back to normal after only one day.