Days of Rain

So its been raining and pausing and raining most of the weekend, but I can't say that I loathe it completely. I love rain! Especially when I can just sleep to the steady pitter-pattering, watch a movie with the dramatic natural surround sound, or enjoy it outside.

I decided to be a little crazy and choose option 3 Friday night. As I was organizing my room, I heard the rain outside really start to come down, so much that it sounded as if it were inside my room and I would be ankle deep at any moment. In that instant, an idea came over me. I hadn't done it in years, but I love to just run outside in the rain. So, I put on my running gear, opting for my ballet crocs instead of waterproofless running shoes and headed outside. It was glorious! At first I really didn't feel like I was getting wet. I felt like clothes do when they go through the dryer but for some reason refused to dry: that sticky, in between dampness. As I got outside our complex gate, it began to rain harder, and I just smiled as I walked along. I tried to run some but quickly realized I should have grabbed my Chacos not my Crocs as they wouldn't stay on my feet they were so slick. But no matter, I was getting soaked and loving it. Especially since I had the whole street to myself. Every now and then a stray car drove by, probably wandering why in the world I was out in short sleeves and shorts and pink shoes, sauntering in the rain, but I didn't care. Instead of thinking I was crazy, they should have been jealous: there is not any other feeling quite like walking in the rain. Such a simple, natural phenomenon that we too often negate.

As I got to the end of my street I remembered construction had blocked it off to motorists. Lucky for me there was no pedestrian block, so I wandered in and found that they had completely sliced the concrete street at the T intersection to pour new concrete to continue the road. As a landscape architect who has to learn about this kind of stuff in class, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to investigate the constrution and what really is hidden underneath all of the concrete and asphalt. You'd be surprised I think.

After surveying the area for a bit, I noticed that they had left the bulldozer parked in the middle of the site. Now this thing was huge, especially the claw-digger-thing. I was pretty impressed but walked off in the direction I had come but then stopped. I tried to shurg off my crazy idea, but I couldn't. Curious, I turned around, headed back to the bulldozer, and climbed inside the claw. Yep, I was right. I actually could fit inside! You could probably fit 2 people, but since I was solo, I couldn't prove that hypothesis. Maybe next time...