Today was the first torrentially rainy day of autumn. It didn’t get anyone’s mood down, really, but it did seem to bring productivity to a standstill. That got me thinking. We talk about things we’ll do “on a rainy day.” But when that day comes, what do we really do? We rest. We veg. We putter.

I’d be hard-pressed to name anything I actually accomplished today. That’s not something I’m terribly proud of, mind you. I read webcomics, including a sizable chunk of the Queen of Wands archives. I played Neopets, including some good high scores at Sutek’s Tomb… for myself and one of my coworkers, no less. It wasn’t much better when I got home. We had microwaved leftovers for dinner, watched anime, played computer games and now we’re all headed for bed.

Of course tomorrow and the days immediately after will also be rainy days, technically speaking. Rain is what we get in the Pacific Northwest, and I’m quite fond of the rain for giving us so much wonderful greenery all the year ‘round. Tomorrow, however, I’ll be getting things done. Not because it’s a rainy day. Tomorrow will just be another, ordinary day.

Maybe that first big rainy day after a long stretch of sunshine is our cue from the world to slow down for a moment; it’s our time to change gears, at least for one day.

That’s certainly a more appealing notion than saying that we’re all a lazy bunch of louts who took today as an excuse to goof off, no?