Close call...

I left work today and one look out to the west and I could see a storm a-coming. Black, dark clouds amoungst the rest of them. Sweeping clouds, the kind you can tell are raining - and not nicely at that. So instead of going to my nearby busstop I walked 3 blocks to the express stop where all the busses stop and even if I didn't get on a bus before it started to rain where I was, at least at the express busstop there's a bus shelter - enclosed of course. I never knew they weren't all enclosed shelters until I left my city and widened my horizons a little - ok a lot lol - when I went to Australia. Their's aren't enclosed, only shaded. Can tell different things matter in different places. Anyway ...if it did rain I'd at least have shelter from it. Cuz it wasn't just gonna rain, it was gonna fuckin' rain lol

All the way walking to the other stop I was checking behind me, it was moving fast. So, so did I, lol. Large, Plus Size, BBW ...whatever you want to call it, even it's mean like "fat" - when it's time, when I gotta, damn I can move ;) Anyway, I made it to the stop before the rainstorm did. But I still had to wait for a bus. Not too long though, not even 5 minutes I'm sure. Was an express bus so good thing I didn't stay where I was waiting for the regular bus, pissed off as I watched an express go by ;)

Just as I was stepping onto the bus, the wind that came a minute ago invited lightening and thunder and then the rain ...but I was on the bus, woohoo lol

Instead of getting off and transferring to my next bus at the beginning of downtown I stayed on and rode through, transferring at the other end - hoping to out do, pass, get away from the rainstorm ...I guess I really wasn't in any mood to be drenched, lol It worked out fairly well ...it was raining at the next stop ....but just lightly, barely. And there was a big, warm! shelter so no need to be in any rain and it looked like the worst was over, heading north the sun was shining in partly cloudy skies. I saw that it did rain there too...my son says it came down pretty good, but I missed it all - on both sides of it :)

Now, I actually like it cuz spring rain, it's refreshing rain and things are getting green out there. The buds are just starting on the trees and the grass is so green even so the snow has probably been fully gone only a couple of weeks at best. And actually temperatures will get cool enough at night this week that we just may get snow. Of course, none of it will stay, but it will still come down. But yeah ...spring has taken hold ...this is, by far, my most favorite time of year, spring in April and May :)

Good-bye winter, hello summer :D

Oh and it's Earth Day here in Canada - around the world? I don't know. But anyway, they were talking about it on the radio today and the dj says something like if everyone in North America flushed one time less each day, we'd save billions. Of water? Of dollars? Both I guess ...anyway, I laughed figuring my family certainly did its share! All boys - seat always up, toilet never flushed lol ...guess it's a good thing! Now instead of being all pissed off when I see it I can say, "Good job!" and be proud! ha ha ha

Lanie