a rainy day

nothing much to write about on this rainy sunday. i've spent the past couple of days helping out my dad with his new apartment. he took possession yesterday and moves on friday. so, yesterday we went to pick up paint and i managed to drag my mom into helping out. she didn't need much convincing - she loves to paint for some reason. my dad and brother had picked out paint chips from benjamin moore and then expected to find the same colors at home depot. took me a good 20 minutes trying to match up the colors they had chosen with the ones available at the store. he picked out an olive color for the master bedroom and this neutral tan-yellow for the livingroom. my brother picked gray for his room - carry over from his room now, which is dark grey with white curtains and his headboard is painted on - it's the Canucks logo. kind of cool but i don't think he's going to do it in this room.

so now i have paint all over my hands but my dad let me go early. he said he would finish up and then go visit my aunt who just had throat surgery. i went to see her last night. my mom had bought her flowers and reminded me twice before my brother and i left to bring them. and of course, i forgot them.

it is an ugly, cold, rainy sunday. it's one of those days when i just want to sit and read a book. so i think i will.