Three
times in the past few weeks I have started writing a post and now I
have three different unfinished posts. I can't seem to get
enough focused time, at least that it is my excuse. Today the plan was to
finish one of the partially written posts, but it started raining.
Now you may wonder what raining has to do with completion of a post.
Oh but it does; it changed the course of my day.
It
doesn't rain a lot in southern California and it almost never rains
in the summer, but today we had a downpour. It's great writing
weather! I could hear the kids across the street laughing and playing
in the rain; I went to the window to watch one of them riding a board
down the street in rushing water. My husband asked, “Do you want to
take a walk in the rain with me?” That was when everything changed.
I don't see my husband as especially spontaneous so I sure wasn't
going to pass up his offer.
We both
donned sandals and shorts, him bare-headed and me tucked under the
umbrella. We waded up the street splashing and feeling a bit like two
kids in a world absent of grown-ups out of doors. It was a joyous
little jaunt around 3 blocks. It reminded me of warm, summer rains
in Ohio. My brother and I would race outside in the rain to splash in
every puddle we could find; sometimes we splashed bare footed and
other times we sprayed water riding our bikes through the pooled
water. I love rainy days.
To
think we were supposed to be camping this weekend with my husband's
family. I have camped in the rain and I, for one, can say I am so
relieved we decided not to go. Unless you are camping in a trailer it
is the worst kind of stuck feeling. At least in my opinion.
Several
summers back my family spent a rainy week camping in the
Colorado Rockies. I had just finished a challenging master's program
and we were planning on celebrating. Fortunately the trip wasn't a
total wash out; my mom, step-dad and sister's family had rented a
small house with a large porch. So while tents sat dreary and
unwelcoming in pools of water, we spent hours huddled together
playing games, eating, laughing, talking and reading. We spent more
close moments together on that trip than on any other. Rain has a way
of huddling everyone together in a relaxed sort of way. I love the
rain! What do you like to do on rainy days?
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