Good morning, good morning

You know it's going to be a decent day when you start it with Jason Mraz.  It's a gloomy, blustery day outside, there's a flood warning in effect (giggle), and yet, it's sunny inside.  That's because I have a Jason Mraz FarmAid concert playing on my tv.

It takes a thought to make a word

And it takes some words to make an action
It takes some work to make it work
It takes some good to make it hurt
It takes some bad for satisfaction

La la la la la la la life is wonderful


Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle


Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful



 It takes a night to make it dawn
And it takes a day to make you yawn brother
And it takes some old to make you young
It takes some cold to know the sun
It takes the one to have the other

And it takes no time to fall in love
But it takes you years to know what love is
It takes some fears to make you trust
It takes those tears to make it rust
It takes the dust to have it polished

It takes some silence to make sound
It takes a loss before you found it
And it takes a road to go nowhere
It takes a toll to make you care
It takes a hole to make a mountain



I have loved his music since 2003, when he first came out on the radio.  He just keeps getting better and better.
 
Jason Mraz on the tv, and a puppy nestled under blankets next to me. Did I mention that I have the spring/summer sheets out now?  No more flannel sheets for the year.  Yes, spring has sprung.  Jason, puppy snoring away, silky sheets, and another day off.  Yes, I know. 

 
I did work last night.  It felt weird because I'm not getting very many shifts lately. Blame it on my scheduler, blame it on the economy, or take it as a sign that I need to find another job for the time being.  BUT, here are the top quotes (all said to me) from last night's shift:
 

1) "Mrs. B is telling me that she is in pain.  So maybe when you get back there, you should give her a pain pill." --Nurses assistant    REALLY?!? Is that what you do? I guess I skipped that day of class in NURSING SCHOOL.
 
2) "Is there anything that YOU need?" --a pleasantly confused little old lady.  Love it. 
 
3) "Are you a nurse?"  ME:  "Yes, why?"   Her: "I could tell. You have that touch."---the tinniest of tiny, little old lady.  Best. Compliment. Ever.
 
 
Like I said, there's a flood warning for our area.  And yet, I really see no rain at the moment.  This happens everytime it rains for more than an hour here.  That's because they don't have ditches like we do in Western Washington.  They lack the drainage mechanisms that we have mastered.  On the news the other day, they anticipated this storm, and said that if it were snow, we'd get up to 36 inches. 
 
I thought that for every inch of rain, you can get 10 inches of snow. Watch out! There's a flood warning in effect for 3.6 inches. 
 
If there was more, I don't care.  Rainy days are a good thing. Oh how I love falling asleep to the sound of rain.  And more rain means that winter has passed.

So on this "rainy day", I'm going to continue to snuggle with this snoring puppy (seriously, why is she so tired?).  And in a little while, I'm going to make a crunchy, gooey grilled cheese sandwich on a cast iron pan, and pair it with tomato soup.  See? rainy days are great!