Evening contemplation

Instead of going on a walk this humid evening, I'm choosing to relax by sitting on the deck and writing. This was my 6th consecutive day at work and I have 3 more to go before I have some extra time off. If I find a way to relax a little every day, it helps to keep work and life from becoming too overwhelming. Walking helps too, but tonight I want to enjoy the outdoors and feel and hear the thunderstorm rolling in. Besides, I'm a little traumatized from seeing a HUGE (for here) black snake on my walk last night. As I was walking up the hill, I saw what I thought was a plastic pipe or something on the side of the road, UNTIL I got close enough to see it had a head!! Of course, I didn't stop to inspect it but it looked at least 3 feet long and didn't move as I walked by. I told Shelby since it was close to their house and I am husband-less at the moment. When Shelby and Kait were coming home later they saw it still lying there. Upon inspection, he found it was already dead, but that doesn't make it any less terrifying for me! That's one disadvantage to living in the woods - we do have snakes and I see at least one every year. Hopefully that's my one snake for this year!! I know most of the snakes around here aren't poisonous, but a snake is a snake and I do not appreciate them!

Cliff, Dad and Mom, and Charles's family went to Ohio to spray foam Chad and Keela's new house. I didn't ask to take off because I had already requested and been approved for time off over Memorial Day weekend. The job will probably take all next week. Although I miss Cliff and would love to be in Ohio with the family, I'm enjoying my alone time after I get off work by napping, walking, and reading. 😊 There's also plenty of things on my outside to-do list to keep me busy.

I've relocated to the porch since a few rain drops started splattering down. The air smells like rain, the peepers and birds are chirping, and the thunder is coming closer. May is my favorite month and I wish I could take the entire month off. I've been appreciating the mornings on my way to work when the sun is shining and there's a "bright new day" feeling. The evenings are nice and long enough to be able to walk after supper if I want to. We've had plenty of gray, rainy days too, but that makes me appreciate the sun even more! Plus, could it possibly be any greener than it is right now? I haven't watered my flowers once since I planted them two weeks ago.

Some blog topic ideas are in the back of my mind and I thought I was going to write about one of them, but this turned into a mix of everyday happenings. Maybe next time!