I don’t think this is what Run D.M.C. had in mind when they wore their huge gold chains. I feel like crap and no amount of chicken soup is going to make me feel better. I’m sick. Red nosed, stuffy headed, and temperature running sick.

*This is what I get.*

I stand out in the rain taking pictures of the wet streets and I get wet… I get a cold… and it gets beautiful out and all I got to show for it is a pile of snotty tissues each more revolting than the last. Now everybody’s out enjoying the sun and I’m stuck going home and cuddling _Pepper._

It’s not fair damn it!
It’s not fair.

(Good news is I’m heading back over to California on the 25^th… So EXCITED!)

Sometimes, when you see a waitress trying to remove a giant dragonfly from her broom by scraping the dragonfly across the pavement, you have to step in and take the insect across the street to Union Square Park for release.

_(I actually stepped in when a cute little old man suggested removing the dragonfly from the broom by grabbing it’s wings.)_

There is a very important rule to remember when you are posting pictures of your pets online in a short space of time. Basically you have to exercise moderation, because people really don’t like to see your pets as much as you do… Unless they are also psychotic and post pictures of their pets too. The highly scientific chart below proves this point admirably.

# First Photo = Very Cute (Kudos on having such an extremely cute animal)
# Second Photo = Cute (Oh, it really is a cute animal… again kudos)
# Third Photo = Desperate (Okay, you freak get a life)

That being said… Who’s a cutie-pie-snuggle-face-ey-wacey?

Can I just tell you guys that today was beautiful and all the rain we have been having recently, has made New York look like a rain forrest? Every piece of vegetation is lush and green.

We may not have many sunny days, but the _4 days_ a year it isn’t raining in New York are beautiful.

Tonight Diane and I are going to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and hopefully make it across with out a torrential downpour.

*Fingers crossed.*

Yesterday, while walking home in the torrential downpour which has become the norm in New York, I noticed something that made the rain a little easier to handle.