A Walk in the Rain

Today, I decided to go to the library.  I have a very long list of books to read, and had already finished the three I had taken out.  I hadn't done anything yet, soccer had been cancelled, a blessing, since I still feel under the weather.  The weather itself was the problem, since it was raining, and had been on and off throughout the day.

So I got ready, put on some actual clothes, and got the books to return together as well as my card and 5 dollars, in case I wanted to stop at Starbucks on the way back.  When I went outside, I realized it was still raining, turned around, and went back inside, wondering whether or not I should still go.

I have nothing against rain, in fact, I love it.  It's just I need to be in the right mood.  I was wondering whether or not going would make my cold rebound, and I needed to be back in a certain amount of time because I had a babysitting job.  But I really wanted new books.  

I walked outside again, and knew immediately I had made the right decision.  The air was practically balmy and even though the rain became the insistent drizzle that umbrellas did nothing against, but it was still pleasant.  Summer rains are the best. It brought to my mind those night downpours where I sat in bed up against the windowsill and just listened to the rain.  When I smelled the wood of the window, and the rain, and watched the streetlights illuminate the drops falling fast.  

I went down, and managed to see only one or two people that I know at the library.  Something weird about my town is that a lot of the people who hang out around the library don't actually seem to read very much.  They just play on the computers and hang out in the park nearby.  These people always make my library visits less than ideal.  Although I have nothing against most of the people down there, I always feel self-conscious as I am the only one actually browsing.  And though it is widely known that I'm nerdy, I don't necessarily like to point it out to many people.

It was a success though, I got 5 of the books on the list and walked home, even taking off my sweater halfway through.  I realized wearing foam flip-flops were not the best idea, as I slipped and almost fell on four different occasions, but I got home, ate a piece of pizza, and went to babysitting.

I love babysitting.  I got to pretend to be a tickle-monster, then read to them, then made up a story.  Then I got to go downstairs and read straight through one of the books I got and listened to music.  And I got paid $40 bucks for it.

Today was a good day.