Singin' in the Rain!

This morning I got up and started getting ready. To my surprise, Sheba was still sound asleep on my bed and hadn't made a peep all night. She followed me around at the ankles all morning as I showered, brushed and washed up, got dressed and did my hair and make up. I went into the house just as she started whining because she heard the dog barking next door. Perfect timing, really, I didn't have to put up with too much of it since I was about to go out to the house and bring her with me.

Jackie and Tim were awake and just getting ready to go to Family Experience (a Sunday morning family ministry that John and Fiona run) and say their thank-you's and goodbye's. So they drove me over with them so I would just meet up with John before he took me to the Prezzy service. The usual faces greeted me at Family Experience while we sat and socialized for a bit - Katrina and the kids, Vanessa, John, Fiona and Daniel. Another family showed up (I'm terrible at pronouncing and remembering this lady's name) just as John and I were leaving. He didn't stay like I thought he would - he simply dropped me off, introduced me to one lady and was on his way. It was good though - I went up to the front of the church and gave a little speel on who I am and sat with Jackie and Tim, since they were the only people I actually knew for more than 15 minutes. haha.

Anyways, I met a couple of really great kids. Unfortunately, of the 6 I met, only 1 would be staying in Te Anau - the rest were either only on vacation or moving within a couple days. But it was good nonetheless and at least now I have 2 kids that I could fit into a junior high cell group - since the only one who's staying is only 12.

SO all that isn't the fun part. After sticking around and meeting some people at the church, I started on my way walking home. But most people thought I was crazy because it was raining out and my walk would be about 10 minutes on regular-lengthed legs, meaning it was to take me about 15 minutes. I was glad with the idea because I love the rain, and because it was a sunny sort of rain - not miserable and cloudy.

Within the first 2 minutes my hair was already dripping, because as soon as I walked out the door it started to blow and rain harder. But it soon let up again and was sunny and only drizzling. So by the time I got a third of the way down Matai St (my street), I saw a SWEET puddle and figured "oh whatever! I'm wet enough as it is, why not make it official?".

So I spent the rest of the time puddle jumping home! The neighbours must think I'm a nutter and the people driving by in their cars shook their heads with a smile and waved at me. Thanks to my Canadian pal Kate, I've made a new goal to become the crazy foreigner that the neighbours become both frightened and intrigued by.

Me? Weird? Attention-grabbing? NOOOO! (or as we'd say here - NAAAAAAR!)

So that was my wonderful morning. I showed up at the door sopping wet and gave John, Fiona and Katrina's boys quite a sight to chuckle at.

It was a good morning to feel like a kid again. :)