Blogging On A Rainy Day

I'm sitting here in the midst of a very big thunder storm. I really want to work on my novel, but the power is out so, I'm sitting here, writing by my cellphone light.

The thunder is clapping as soon as the lightning strikes. And it's not the nice, low rumble of thunder, it's an icky feeling kind of thunder that shakes the whole house and quickly rolls like a rock that plummets into a rough, wavy ocean. It's not peaceful in any way whatsoever.

I woke up not too long ago to find my mom standing in the doorway with the main door open, watching through the screen. In front of her was the torrential downpour outside and she was just standing there, in her pajamas, watching the storm from our doorway. It seemed like a very poetic moment to me. And so, it inspired me to write.

Mousie was just sitting on my lap but then she got bored and moved to the foot of my bed. Where she is currently purring very audibly while preening herself. Now she stopped and looked over at me, as if she can read my mind and knows I'm thinking about her. (Pauses here because Mousie is stalking the pen.) She's probably really bored.

I'm' happy to say that the storm is subsiding. But we still have no power. It's now very quiet, except for the scratching of my pen and occasional low rumble of thunder off in the distance.

Have you ever experienced that very loud silence? When you're home alone and the AC is off and nothing is making a sound. So you stop sniffling, thinking or moving, or you walk into a room and the silence seems to push on your ears. Or at night, you stop thinking about whatever you were thinking, or you wake up from a dream, and it's so quiet that you don't want to move. You can almost hear a very high pitched ring in your ears because the silence seems so deafening. Imagine that? Deafening silence. That's something to think about, and yet, it happens quite frequently. And at the same time, it's so hard to explain. I was just experiencing that silence, and I fell asleep for about an hour. Mousie woke me up, trying to get out of my room.

Three hours have gone by now. And we still have no electric. It isn't raining as hard but the thunder is still pretty loud and long.

I'm tempted to either draw or take pictures because I don't really have much on my mind. One thing I've noticed is that cars, all day, have been entering our neighborhood, not exiting. That's sort of a given, but it's fun to think about their reactions when they get home and realize that they have no power. Or maybe I'm just really bored.

This day is turning into a very lazy day. I'm going to call Nana soon, to see if she has electric. But, I don't think we're going to get our electric back until tonight. (I was wrong!) I have to say though, this is very peaceful and relaxing. I can't really do any chores, no one has to bother with cooking any big meals, no one can really go out anywhere, the phones aren't ringing, and because of the rain, no animal outside is making any noise.

Although, if I was a bird (Interesting transition, I know...), I'd be singing all day long during the rain. What if someone gets extremely depressed when it rains? Or what if a couple children are home alone because their parents are at work and it's storming? What if someone is tired of that deafening silence I talked about earlier, and they need something to break it without breaking it themselves? Or what if someone just simply misses the sounds of nature and wants to listen to the birds sings, whether it's raining out or not? I'd be a very happy bird, and take the weather for granted. I'd sing along with the rain drops and toll of thunder. Hopefully, though, I wouldn't be a tone deaf bird! =P

So I just wrote a half of a page about being a singing bird. That was creative, don't you think? (Not really.) And while writing it, my mind was completely lost in thought and I totally forgot where I was while writing.

August is near and that means all of my college friends are leaving soon. I'm starting to realize that I shouldn't really be sad anymore. I mean, at least I'm not losing a boyfriend to college (like my best friend, for the second time). At least we can all still keep in touch because of technology. At least their families still live here, so when they visit, we can possibly see each other. And during the summers for a short time as well. I feel like I've almost been acting very greedy by wanting them to stay. They've worked really hard through high school, and now it's time for them to start a new chapter in their lives. I know this will be my situation this time, next year. So I'm keeping a positive mind about it all. Because, in reality, even though most of our friends (guy friends too, right Jess? =P ) are leaving, we still have tones of really nice people in our grade. We still haven't even truly met half of those people, and now is our chance. Okay, everyone will be sort of shell shocked at first, but they got over it, and so will we. We're the seniors now, and it's our time to shine. So let's start this year with our heads up, with huge grins on our faces, with our minds positive, and have plenty of hugs for those who we've missed during the summer. Now we have the whole school year to cherish and spend time with those people, so let's make every moment worth living.


Okay, so that's what I wrote today. I didn't realize how "out there" some of my thoughts were. "If I was a bird..."?? The whole time I spent typing this, I was laughing at myself, saying how dumb I was. Oh well.

So after we got electric back, I went on my dad's laptop and started to type this up. I also went on AIM to see if anyone was online and wanted to chat. Then I remembered that I had a coupon for Borders, for today only. So I looked online to see if anyone wanted to go. No one was really on, so I was just about to leave, and go by myself, when my friend Jake came online. And he said he'd join me. So we met there and, surprise! my other friend showed up at the same time and we were all excited and planed to hang out a different day with Jess. (That sentence wasn't confusing or anything.) Anyway, so we stayed in Borders until they closed, which is nine on Sundays. Oh, and I bought Twilight to see what all the fuss is about. So, once I finish the two other books I'm currently in the middle of, I'll start that one. And another book that I guess I should finish this summer is the last Harry Potter. Yeah, I guess I tend to start books and stop in the middle, then start another book and stop in the middle of that one. But, this only happens during the summer.
Anyway, so we went to the Diner after Borders, and shared a Banana Split! It was pretty good, and of course, like every other kind of Sunday, the chocolate syrup took over the entire dish. That damn syrup.

Overall, my day/evening was really nice. I'm glad that my parents are starting to let me out to do more things now. It's refreshing in a way, not having to worry about getting home before it gets dark. And once I finally get a job, I should have a lot more freedom. Even though I don't really seem to have a set curfew anyway.

I guess I'll stop typing now, because this is already really long. Sorry about that. But if you've made it this far, thank you!!