Rain, Glorious Rain

Trip Start Jul 18, 2007
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Monday, November 12, 2007

         It rained today.  I'm talking torrential down pour soaked in two seconds rain.  It was cloudy and muggy when I woke up, which was a nice change from bright sun, oppressive heat, and muggy.  I was about to walk to Savei to use the internet and do a little research when I noticed that there were huge thunderheads moving in from the ocean.  Caroline and I decided to go up on the roof to watch the storm come in, which probably wasn't the smartest thing to do (seeing as there are many metal objects on the roof), but whatever.  That is one of the most intimidating and ominous sights I have ever seen.  The clouds were moving so fast.  Then all of the sudden the storm hit us and we were immediately soaked.  It was amazing.  I felt way more clean than I ever do after taking a shower here.  Caroline and I danced and shouted and made complete asses out of ourselves, pausing every so often to laugh at the amount of water we could wring out of our clothes.  It was way better than puddle jumping.  It was more like the puddle jumped on us.  All the horrible smells and heat were washed away.  The air smelled wonderful for once and it wasn't too thick to breathe.  It was the first time I have actually been cold in a long time.  Finally we decided we should probably go in and dry off.  As we sloshed down the stairs the cleaning ladies just stared at us.  Angel kept exclaiming, "just look at your clothes!"  I tried to explain to her that we did it on purpose but she just kept shaking her head.  It was so nice to change into a long sleeve t shirt and my basketball shorts.  Lona and Caroline came down to my room and we had hot chocolate and rye bread with butter.  It was fantastic knowing that no one expected us to go anywhere in the rain.  My roommate was telling me that sometimes if it rains too hard, they will cancel classes.  I felt so relaxed.  It kind of reminded me of last march when Jessica, Jess, Caroline, Autumn, Sarah and I went to Long Beach.  We got there at around ten at night and there was freezing mist but we went out and frolicked on the beach anyway.  (By the way, Caroline and I want to have a similar beach trip this spring so be ready girls.)  I miss the rain so much.  Oh it was just great.
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