Today was going to be a rest day-- but my cats did not approve of sleeping in, my newspaper was late, and it's looking like it's going to rain this afternoon so no bike ride.... So I ran anyway. Took a wandering route through the poorest part of town, then through the obstacle course that is the sidewalk reconstruction downtown. Ended up going about 5 miles, at a pretty quick pace. And when I got home, my newspaper was waiting and I heard the first peal of thunder just as I stepped onto my porch.

Now I have one cat trying to crawl into my skin and the other 2 are hiding under my bed-- they really, really don't like thunderstorms. But the garden needs the rain.