Hey, Oklahomies. Sorry about the rain on the one national holiday you actually get off. I personally love the rain and enjoy the way it cancels lots of activities and gives you a great excuse to stay in pajamas and never leave your home.
I am sure a lot of you had really cool plans, though. Maybe you were going to the lake or were planning some type of outdoor drinking event. My plans included seeing if my Wi-Fi worked in my backyard, thinking really hard about doing my laundry, and finally training my dog. Obviously, all of those are out of the window now that there is a 1,000 percent chance of rain all weekend.
Here are some super fun, super chill indoor things you can do this weekend instead.
Build a tent inside your home
It will be just like camping except you control the climate! You can make s’mores by eating s’mores-flavored pop tarts. You can watch trailers for scary movies you never plan to see, and they can be your ghost stories! Make it romantic with a few candles — placed safely away from the sheets your tent is made of — and lots of folk music. Invite your friends over and drink cheap beer out of a cooler. It will taste just like adventure.
Visit a museum
Oklahoma is known for its museums. We have the American Pigeon Museum, the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, the World Organization of China Painters, and so many more! What could be better than a Saturday spent walking around looking at things that were important to someone else and paying to see them?
Watch the rain trickle down your windows while wearing an oversized sweater and holding a mug
The mug is full of red wine sangria you bought for the party you canceled. The sweater is just all of the cat hair collected on your clothes that you didn’t wash.
Call an old friend
The one you were supposed to visit this weekend whom you haven’t seen in years. But then your weather app just showed an icon of you drowning for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so you didn’t go. Ask them how their day is going and if anything in life is fair.
Finally finish watching House of Cards/Transparent/Gilmore Girls
But please, don’t tell yourself you have time to watch How I Met Your Mother. There is never time for that. You don’t have enough lifetimes in eternity to start watching that. Let me summarize it for you: Alyson Hannigan is in every episode and not once does she learn to speak like a human and not some sort of drugged muppet.
Spend time with your family
Chances are, you were going to have to anyway. And though the rain can work magic on that outdoor event you volunteered to work at, it can never touch the undeniable fact that you “promised” your mom you would come over.
Memorialize something
My granny calls Memorial Day “Grave Decoratin’ Day.” Surely there is something buried under your house or yard that needs to be remembered.
Have a great weekend, guys!
