Rainy Days and Mondays

 Here in Sweatsville, last Monday was delightful. Do you remember? It rained. Yeah, early in the morning, best kind. Here is the deep, humid south summer rain comes in only a couple of forms. The dreaded afternoon summer pop up shower. And the frog choking storm.

Yes, in the heat and humidity of the deep south there is a rain storm that we would rather not see. The pop up shower. These little delights, ironically don't make it more comfortable. In fact, they make it worse. They typically aren't part of any weather system, but the combination of humidity and other magical weather thingees, cause rain to literally pop up out of nowhere. And immediately following one of these little showers, the humidity is able to reach above 100%.

The other type the frog choker, is as described, a torrent of rain that occurs so rapidly that frogs would drown. These tend to be part of a weather system, so you can know when they are coming. They tend not to last very long, and if you are truly fortunate they may cool things off for an hour, maybe two. They may be accompanied by violent winds and lightning, so bad things can come with them.

But last Monday it was a little spring shower in the early morning hours. It wasn't violent. It wasn't steamy. I was on my morning run and just kept going, imagining that it was April or October, as opposed to July. It made for a great way to begin the week.