Late Sunday night, the winds began to blow. It began during my last turn of tables at work. Gusts of wind would barrel down the deck and threaten the teetering stack of plates in my hands as I walked to the kitchen. The wind blew out the candles on the tabletops as well as the Tiki torches lining the rail. When I was done working, I walked home with my hand shielding my eyes from the dust and grit blowing around.
The wind blew all through the night and into the morning, and continued all day yesterday. The mango tree above Bryan's house rained mangoes down onto their roof all night.
But when we woke up in the morning, there were still plenty left up there. Bryan and his housemates are quickly losing their enthusiasm for mangoes.
I don't blame them.
The wind has died down today, but the sun has been blotted out by darkening clouds that hover over the West Maui mountains. A sheet of drizzle blew over us, but it's possible that we'll get more rain later on. I'm expecting a short and slow night at work this evening. Granted, should the heavens open up and pour rain down on the restaurant, it could make things kind of exciting.
On gloomy days like this, all I want to do is curl up with a book. Luckily, I have a new stack of things to read (to add to the stack of unread books I already own). I went to the used bookstore today and picked up a few things, one of which is a volume of Annie Dillard books. Score!!
And since we're on the subject of rainy days, I had to share this clip from The Office.
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