Not Raining on My Parade

You know what's a great feeling?

After being holed up in a classroom, without any windows to daydream out of, being able to walk outside of the building said classroom resides in and notice that it has rained. Not is raining, but has rained while you were inside. I think this feels wonderful. Somebody out there got rained on in the last hour, but not me.

When on a college campus, rain presents a medium to large sized problem. Classes are often a long walk away. And even if they are a short walk away, you still have to go outside, and you are still going to get wet. And who wants that? Nobody. It isn't like high school where everything is in the same building and you might get wet once walking in and once walking out at the end of the day (although rain usually doesn't last for eight straight hours). In college you can get rained on going in, rained on going out, rained on going in again, coming out again, waiting for the bus, walking to your car....

I'd put missing out on getting rained on in the Top 100 or so great feelings. Not the greatest, not even close to the greatest, but it is something that can brighten an otherwise dreary, desolate, overcast, off and on showers kind of day.