Rain

Sitting here in the third floor studio on what passes as our bed (an inflatable mattress with a set of sheets and our newest acquisition: a down alternative comforter purchased at Costco yesterday. It’s Heaven! Warm, light, and fully covers the bed (my backside, too).

But back to today. It’s raining this morning. Not a hard rain, more of a concerted drizzle, but we’re all (Michael, Coca, Miyake, Fiyero, Chiquitita & I) snuggled in bed beneath or on top of the comforter sniffling with colds and watching a movie on the USA Channel. Buttered toast prepared on our borrowed Panini machine and a nap (for medicinal purposes, of course).

LATER

It’s now post-lunch (and post-nap) and another fabulous repast courtesy of the borrowed Panini press. Still raining, though a bit more steadily. So much for the ‘It only rains briefly once a day during the summer months.’ The door from the roof terrace into the studio is leaking a bit but not nearly as much as earlier this week when we had to dry out the bed sheets from the puddle of rain water. We’re using a couple of ‘snakes’ we found on the second floor terrace to persuade the rain water to go elsewhere (towards the drain, we hope). When we next have Pedro we’ll have to have him build up a lip at that doorway. If the lip extends under the flange at the bottom of the French doors I believe that we’ll lick that problem.

The rain has put a crimp in our plans to head out to Bodega Aurora for some necessities. We usually walk there and cab back home. If it’s still raining we’ll drive to and from the store. At least on the weekend work on the glorietta comes to a halt and traffic moves better.