After churning out a few paragraphs, I took a break to listen to the rain hitting the roof and watch it slide down my windows. It is incredibly therapeutic. One of my favorite sounds in the whole world is the rain. Shawn and I opened the door to our back porch and stood listening and watching as the rain came down.
Then, we noticed two little baby deer hanging out under one of our pine trees. They were chasing each other around and shaking their heads when water drops fell on their heads. Probably one of the cutest things I have seen in a while. When the rain calmed down and the deer came out to play in the yard, I thought, "What the hell?" And walked outside barefoot as slowly and quietly as I could. I got within about 100 feet of one. It noticed I was there, and started playing with me. It would run at me to see what I would do, then turn and run sideways. Then run backwards and then at me again. It did this three or four times, all the while watching me.
At one point, I had a bug on my leg and lifted my leg to brush it away. As I did this, the deer lifted its back leg as well while it stared at me. When I set my foot back down, it lowered its foot. The second deer was just munching away on the grass behind the first one. And then Shawn had to go and ruin the moment by moving :-p He spooked the deer and they ran off. But still, one of the coolest moments of my weekend was playing Simon Says with a baby deer after a thunderstorm :-)
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