Things in this picture of which you should be jealous:

`Beeeautiful Valentine's Day tulips, reveling in their afternoon shade.
`HUGE mug of green tea with mint, my new fave.
`Extremely quaint view from my front window, complete with waving neighbors (not pictured) and my ornate garden chair.
`Zooey D. crooning at my heart (also not pictured).
`Using my day off to buy a large stack of new books and being able to begin each of them while following the sun as it passes through the different rooms in my house.

A girl like me could get used to four-day weekends...

Figures.

It figures that the one day I actually feel like going for a run is the same day we have torrential rain and a tornado warning.

I guess that's the universe's way of telling me to finally make those phone calls to faraway friends, light a candle and doze off with book in hand.

Or maybe I'll sit on my dark porch, catching glimpses of my still unfamiliar street as the lightning crackles from above.

I think this qualifies as a win-win situation.