A Day Off

Beautiful, amazing rain today -- a true storm, with wild wind and lots of water. We get those so rarely here in SoCal. I hope the burn zones didn't wash away. We truly need this water, this refreshment of earth and air...and soul.

I was supposed to go to school today to catch up on grading and grade entry. Needless to say, it did not happen. Instead, I cooked -- pizza (for today) and soup (for the rest of the week; it's supposed to rain much of the week). And I read, finishing an Orson Scott Card book I have not read before (the first in his Homecoming series). And I caught up on a DVD of Fringe, which I'm enjoying a lot. And it was all good.

I could have used the day more wisely, however. I certainly engaged in escapism, and I was very aware of it while I was doing it. I do that more than I should. I always have very good explanations-to-self for it (I did grade for six hours on Saturday), but...when it comes down to it, I'm mostly just being rebellious.