Rain makes me think about beauty and poetry.

Do you ever find yourself surprised by your own reflection? I don't mean like, "Aah! I didn't expect there to be a mirror right there and I totally thought there was another PERSON in my room." I mean, you catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror and think, "I'm kind of beautiful." Believe me, I'm not narcissistic. At all. Most of the time, in fact, I look in the mirror and feel pretty blah about my face. But today, I was closing the door to my room and when I saw my face on the behind-the-door mirror, I had this weird, spontaneous feeling of satisfaction with my appearance. Seriously weird. I mean, the moment I thought, "I'm kind of beautiful," I immediately looked at my face again and started rationalizing, "But I'm not wearing any makeup. My hair is air-dried and doing some funky wave thing. I have blemishes and zits and I look like I haven't slept in a month..." Like, I tried to talk myself out of feeling beautiful. What in the heck is that all about? Anyway, it was interesting. And it made me think of my mom's latest blog post about how she's been getting little reminders that she is "fearfully and wonderfully made." *Sigh* I don't know why I suddenly felt beautiful today, but it was nice. And I hope it happens to all of you sometime, too.

Anyway, it's Friday! And you know what that means...Haiku time! (Although, I think technically, "Haiku Friday" is supposed to mean that your whole blog post is composed solely of haikus...but whatever. I'm not all about technical mumbo jumbo. I'm all about freedom!)

Right then: haiku time
Today, I have the day off
And I'm loving it

Sometimes, I'm lazy
Today, though, I got up...at
Six o'clock! (I know)

Insane, right? Well, nah
It was great to get started:
Devo time with Joe...

Then my Curves workout
(I went three times this week. Yay!)
Sweat led to shower

At nine-thirty, dread!
I went to my new dentist
Not my fav'rite place

But the good news is
No cavities! Praise the Lord.
No copay, either!

Next, I came back home
Saw my pretty reflection
And started laundry

All this accomplished
Well before the clock struck noon
AND with a headache!

Now, I'm sitting here
Checking my clothes now and then,
Watching Gilmore Girls

Life's good on Fridays...
I can write silly haikus!
What could be better?