morning of awesomeness.

i love rainy days. when i say, "it's a beautiful day," that means it's grey, gloomy, pouring down rain. bonus if it's so foggy the visibility is 10 feet.

i woke up to an absolutely gorgeous day. no fog, but still nice and cold and rainy. no sunshine to poke at me insistently, using its super-ray power to push the right button via the optic nerve to bring me back to consciousness.

i love waking up to the sound of rain.

a few minutes later my friend called asking if i wanted to go to the Arboretum.

"it's a beautiful day!" he said.
"ohh...i know," i sighed. "but i can't today. i have last minute wedding stuff to take care of."

i'm getting married in a week.


yikes.

and about 30 minutes after i hung up the phone, the rain slowly transformed itself into little icy particles. instead of plummeting down to the earth with loud "plit plat pitter" along with a soft "shhhhhhh" in the background, everything became completely silent.

one of my favorite things in the world is absolute silence. snow is up there on the list as well...and the two are rarely ever without the other.


so i'm sitting here....quite content. the wedding stress (although i am mentioning it) is tucked away somewhere in the back of my mind.

right now...this moment...everything is wonderful.

i have my mug of earl gray tea. i have my snow. silence. a sense of peace. it's refreshing.


excuse me while i go soak it all in...