Minnesota Rain

:) I was looking through some old e-mails, and I came across this one that I had written three years ago. I really like the images that it captures and it puts me back in the final days of my Jr. year of college. I just love thunderstorms... Enjoy!

For anyone who enjoys Minnesota rains as much as I do (especially if you miss them now, or have a flair for the dramatic):

As the sun began to climb over the midwestern plains, you could tell that it was going to be a humid day. The mist began to rise as the hours passed and the clouds parted to let the hot sun shine through. When you looked to the sky across this Minneota prairie land, you could see the front forming in the distance. On a small, distinguished college campus, students busied themselves on their study day... some with studying, others enjoying their "day off". Didn't anyone notice the increasingly darker horizon? I watched with anticipation and hope. Finally, the afternoon heat increased and the humidity level rose to a point where few could ignore. The clear blue dome overhead began to shrink as the thunderheads closed in above.

A group of students awaited their discussion in Biology when a crash was heard overhead. It had finally begun. Huge raindrops began to pelt the few that lingered on the mall as they were driven indoors. Sheets of rain were driven down upon the glass roof by the western winds of the prairie. The first thunderstorm had finally arrived!

As the storm continues to hammer its way around me, I wish that I could be outside, enjoying it to the fullest. Alas, it is the study of Biological Rhythms that keeps me indoors. What a shame I am unable to experience the rhythm of the raindrops and puddles instead. I hope that the storm continues and that I can walk home in the rain. What a joy to be lulled to sleep by the pitter-patter of rain and the sudden crash of a Minnesotan thunderstorm.