Rain

It's been raining here for the past few days - a cold rain. It's kind of depressing and it's annoying when having to take the dogs out; especially so when bringing them back inside. But yesterday I remembered a feeling associated with the rain. A nice cozy feeling. I'm trying to put my finger on where exactly I've felt it before and I think it has to do with being able to actually hear the rain while you're inside. The buildings I'm usually in are pretty well insulated from outside sounds so that unless it's raining extremely hard, you can't really hear it - or maybe it's because I don't really have any windows that I sit close to these days to watch the rain. I miss watching the rain.

I miss walking to and from school in the Monsoon rain and then finally getting to my destination and having that feeling of being safe and warm inside. Then having to dry out my socks and pant legs - wait... whaa? I don't miss that part...! Ok, well maybe I kind of do. It was fun sitting around the wood stove with your friends while trying to dry off your socks, only to leave them on the side of the stove too long and burn them a little bit. And the smell of melting shoes and sort of stinky feet... sigh the memories. :)

I miss the feeling of it raining in the tropics where there are outside walkways between certain buildings and seeing the rain pour down off the overhangs and have it either mist on you with the wind, or splash slightly on you as it hits the ground. It's such a nice feeling - being safe from the downpour and yet being able to be a part of it as well.

I miss the sound that the rain makes on a tin roof or splatting against a window while you're listening to it and watching it fall from the haven of the indoors. Even better if you're curled up with a book and a single lamp to read by to create the right ambiance.

I miss playing in the warm rain in the parking lot next to our house when I was young where the water would pool up on it's way into the drains and we would splash barefoot in the puddles. Or the feeling of walking barefoot in the grass after or during the rain and having the mix of watery mud and wet grass smoosh in between your toes.

So today I'm going to stand at a window and watch the rain or even take a stroll in it.
I'm going to enjoy the rain again.