Rainy Day Reading

I woke up to torrential rains and even flash flood warnings, 

but I had signed up for a Barre class and didn't want to miss.

In spite of a long rain coat, knee-high rain boots, a hood and an umbrella,

I arrived soaked. Fortunately I could take off my coat and wet pants (exercise shorts underneath),

and the studio had socks for sale. 

Would you believe it was a full class? 

Funny how it was easier to walk 15 minutes in a soaking deluge

than it was to motivate myself to do my own barre routine. 

Plus, I'd already paid for the class.

I stayed inside and read the rest of the morning, afternoon, evening and finally finished at night.

It was a cozy, magical mystery.

Yesterday I read a few pages and the language was so fanciful, 

I was sure I would hate it.

Before bed I read a few more and started getting into it.

And today I fell in love with all the characters (the good ones).

Courtney left work early and came over for lunch--

there were only a few people in the office so she decided to work from home in the afternoon.

Several subway lines weren't running making it a messy commute, but she made it.