Rain Rain Go Away

This was yesterday at my house. As you can see the deck gate was open, the fake palm tree in the corner ready to be lighted for a touch of fun and ambience, and the grill just out of sight ready to be fired up for ribs and corn on the cob. What else do you see? Do you see my visitor? Sure you can! Right there he is - Mr. RAIN! He stayed and kept us company ALL DAY!

Hope everyone is still enjoying a Happy 4th of July weekend!

Today I'm participating in a meme hosted by Raven at Raven's Nest. Each week she gives out a list of random words to use in a complete paragraph. I've been promising her I would attempt it so here is my somewhat feeble attempt to be creative today. Clicking on the icon will take you to Raven's Nest.

This is the mini challenge using the five random words she suggested.

The mysterious stranger sat across the restaurant at a small table. I glanced at him frequently thinking I knew him from somewhere, but where? I noticed too that he seemed to look my way a little more often than necessary. Music from the nearby dance floor was a soothing old blues song and I soon got lost in its rhythm.
The waiter appeared ever so quietly at my table silently placing my filet of sole in front of me. I had ordered a lunch sized portion for my dinner; but what I saw was an elephantine plate of fish. I had come to this particular restaurant for its excellent dessert menu and by golly I was going to have that velvet cake no matter what! The gasp that had escaped my mouth startled my waiter. I quickly explained my dilemma to him.
“Look, it’s either eat all of this and have no dessert or take part of it home for later. I really want dessert so could you please help me out here!”
He didn’t seem sympathetic to my plight at all and with rolling eyes and a shake of his head he marched off to the kitchen to get me a carry out box.
As I was about to pick up my fork I noticed the mysterious stranger approaching my table. He leaned down and whispered, “It’s nice to see a woman who really knows what she wants. Do you mind if I have dessert with you?” As soon as he had begun to speak I knew it was an old and very dear friend from school that I hadn’t seen in over thirty years. We had been wonderful friends and had lost touch. I think my heart skipped a couple of beats. The evening was certainly getting better minute by minute. Oh waiter!