Rain.

Today I woke up extra early to look nice for school and work. A plan that was spot-on and timed out to the tee. Then it hit, like a heat wave in July, a darn rainstorm. Now normally, if I had a day of book reading, napping, and some good snuggling ahead, I'd welcome that rainstorm like an old friend. But today was not that kind of day. Today was a walk to class, get things done, no time to feel sleepy day. A day that literally trudged on. You should have seen me, by 11:00 I looked like a sad puppy, one that got left in the rain to be specific. But it was okay, surprisingly. Unlike my usual overly self-conscious self, I threw my hair up into a ponytail, one that clashed just enough with my outfit to make me look a little frumpy, wiped my dripping mascara and shrugged my shoulders. You know, sometimes it rains, sometimes it just straight pours; but crying along with it doesn't do much, well any, good. Sometimes you just have to say to yourself, "It's going to be okay." Because in the long run, it is. You may be wet, cold, and absolutely pitiful looking, but it can't rain forever. Somewhere in this great big world of ours, there's always sunshine just waiting to warm our skin. Without the rain, we wouldn't be so thankful for the sunshine when it did show its face. But wait, let me just make an important side-note here to the sun: This does not mean in any way you need to keep up this occasional 80 degree weather, that's a little much. Honestly Fall, you're an awful tease. So remember, keep your head up, feel the rain run your makeup down your cheeks, because there's always tomorrow to be pretty or well-dressed. Take a rain check.