Rainy Days on Mondays

" Rainy days on Mondays always bring me down" as sang by Karen Carpenter. I woke up this morning to a soft rain outside my window and a gray gloom that seeped even into my room. I got out of bed with a lack of enthusiasm and got ready for work. As I grabbed a glass of orange juice from my kitchen out of my mouth came the melody 'Rainy days on Mondays always bring me down' and I thought, " What a crappy combination". Then as soon as that thought entered my head it left and I felt really cozy. My mood became reminiscent as I transported my mind back to my childhood. That was when a rainy day wasn't always so bad( now most of the time it still was, because it would drive me crazy that I couldn't go outside and exert my energy, but I'm gonna stick to the times that it was okay.). I would wake up to a gentle, but steady, rain outside the house and ly on my couch cuddled in a blanket watching cartoons, such as: tail spin, goof troop, or the pink panther. My mom would bring me some tater tots and grilled cheese sandwiches to eat while I wasted the sleepy day away. I would usally put on a movie like Robin Hood ( the cartoon), any Ernest movie or watch tv like Andy Griffith or maybe some Sportscenter. Eventually when I got tired of just lying around I would go into my room and release creative energy rather( I almost said ruther, it's a southern thing) ( hey, I corrected myself, lay off) than physical. I'd grab some paper and begin jotting down an imaginary business or just create a football league ( team names, locations, stats, the works) or sometimes I would draw a map of an imaginary country ( ran by me , oh course) with city locations and a detailed governing system ( I was a complicated kid). So as I sit here wasting my rainy day in a different way( I'm at work) I wish for a chance to just ly on the couch with some tater tots and grilled cheese sandwiches and watch my favorite cartoons and movies. It'd sure be nice to have a lazy, rainy day today...sigh.