There's no question of what I was thankful for on Thursday: RAIN!!!!!!!!!!
Every car in the parking lot since Monday has been covered in pollen. Even the asphalt instead had that yellow-green veneer over it. Sneezing and hacking throughout the building. Watery eyes and the sounds of tissues being pulled from boxes. I have little problems with tree pollen (at least so far) but grass will kill me .... so my day is still coming. I joked with someone at work that this wasn't quite what the environmentalists had in mind for a "greener" world......
But then the rain came yesterday. Yes, it was heavy rain and lots of wind, thunder and lightning, and it spawned a couple of maybe-tornadoes (the NWS will be checking damage later today in a couple of spots). But the rain itself was so appreciated! About 4:00, when it really started pouring down, we looked outside briefly to see a yellow-green river floating by. I came out into the parking lot last night and there was a yellow film over a puddle that had formed. But my beautiful vehicle is now no longer "Pearl Green" but is at last again using her birth name, "Pearl White"!
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I'm also very glad that my "sports injury" is healing pretty quickly. I pulled or strained something in my left groin area (heard my hip bone pop a little as I did a squat). OOPS! It's still a little sore but not nearly as much as it had been Wednesday night or Thursday morning. YAY! That means I can hit the gym tonight for a modified, easier mild workout. No elliptical tonight but I will be doing a quick warmup on the recumbent bike and then an arm workout -- no squats either!
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