early morning

It’s raining. I live in the LA area, and we don’t get too much rain, but I absolutely love it! Especially when I wake up to the sound of it hitting the trees and pavement outside my window in the dawn light. Why am I up at dawn, you ask? Stupid garbage trucks that come by at 6 every Wednesday, that’s why. But today I don’t mind so much, because my bed is warm and cozy and the rain promises cooler weather to come. Fall is my favorite season, and in LA it can be agonizingly late and/or notoriously short. Tomorrow I could wake up to 113 F temperatures, as I did last October, but for now, I’m loving the gray skies.

I’ve made myself a hot chocolate, and am snuggling back into bed with a book to read while I listen…

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