Cocooning

Today was a day to stay home.

It was precipitating. First there was snow, then rain, then more snow.

And with the weather behaving thus, I had no desire to leave my house. Why! I even played hookie from church!

I figured with the messy state of the weather and the shortage of parking at Good Shepherd, I really did not feel like venturing out to see if there was any parking by the church.

It was just as well that I stayed home.

Linda called at 10:00 AM, when I normally would have been at church. She and Gordie were going to be over in an hour to take Ryan's stuff back to their house.

Apparently Ryan had changed his mind about coming to Texas with us. And with our pending move, it made little sense for Ryan's stuff ~ or Ryan ~ to stay at the house.

The only thing we have left of Ryan's is his sweet rat, named Dime. But even Dime will have to eventually leave.

The rat is so nice and lovable that Ariana told Ryan that we want to bring him to Texas with us. But Ryan said, "No way!"

Seeing that I did not go to church, and therefore did not run any errands today (nor pick up the Providence and Boston Sunday papers), the whole day was pretty much spent crocheting.

A snowy/rainy day was a perfect day for crocheting.

I started doing the crocheting in the kitchen, because today was nowhere near as cold as the past few days.

But come 2:30, I decided to take my yarn upstairs and crochet while watching Into the Wild on my laptop.

Despite it's expected sad ending, it was an interesting movie with interesting characters.

It even showed a place in California ~ Slab City ~ that I would some day love to visit.

I would especially love to see Salvation Mountain. Not only is this enormous and eye-catching site one man's testament to Jesus and God's love, it is also a massive art installation that is constantly evolving.

Once the movie was done, it was time to feed the animals and then call Neil.

Unlike me, who was relishing spending the day cocooned in my house, Ariana was getting an annoying case of cabin fever. She had wanted to convince me to take her to a friend's house in North Dartmouth.

No way, Baby! I was determined to spend the rest of this day inside, not having to brave any elements outside.

Why, I don't even want to go outside to put out the trash for tomorrow's morning pick-up. However, I will have to force myself to leave the comforting warmth of my bedroom to perform that odious task.

Tomorrow will be another day ~ a day to emerge from the cocoon. But will I emerge as a butterfly? That will remain to be seen.