well i can look back a day when we had sun after the snowstorm day and i can look forward to another day of respite from the storm though i don't know when and today i can take r.'s umbrella and mister is letting me loll about in bed and drink coffee as i whine about the rain and try to be philosophical about the leaks that are inevitable everything leaks no matter how much you wish to spend and sometimes it's good as in government but it just goes on and on more rain and here i am sad and philosophical again.