Drowned Rat

Drowned Rat
Originally uploaded by empress e.

What do the Aerins do after looking at houses with their realtor all day? Why, they play outside in the rain, of course! It took a bit of coaxing to get Aaron to join me, but after reminding him of how much fun he had in just running from the car to the apartment, (and a bit of illegal puppy dog eye pouts) I got him to join me. Because really, you just can't have fun playing in puddles by yourself.

And talk about puddles!! The rain was coming down in buckets, I swear. I honesly would have been glad to put on goggles to keep the rain out of my eyes - it was like walking/swimming underwater. So the parking areas and little streets became instantaneous raging torrents. I was only too happy to obligingly jump around in them, as all good raging torrents deserve. Back in Kirksville, Aaron and I - along with a few friends - once went "swimming" in the streets during a similar storm, although that one actually had a tornado warning nearby. The nice part about that time was that we went out next to the street and waved the traffic to drive into a huge puddle next to the sidewalk - the splash we got was better than Oceans of Fun. :) Somehow though, I didn't think that I could try that sort of thing here in Memphis... people might not slow down... or they might aim for me instead of the puddle. Either way, I had a blast this evening. We should all play in the rain more often.