a little sunshine

Sometimes I feel like I'm in the days before the great flood, and Noah is building his ark and I just haven't heard about it yet. In western oregon, the rain just keeps coming and we've had record rainfall this year. The Willamette river has overrun it's banks and it now looks like a beautiful river of chocolate milk... only in fields and low level parking lots. Sometimes I don't even think about what to wear anymore cause it doesn't matter--I'll be wearing my rain coat all day.
But something strange happened 2 days ago. The sun came out.
The rain stopped. For the first time in over a month, I saw clear blue skies. I walked out of my house without my rain coat. I was shocked. As I walked through campus on my way to class, I heard laughter, people smiling, and I had to squint my eyes because they weren't used to such radiant light. It was beautiful. In conclusion.. it is amazing what a little climate change can do to attitudes. ha, apply that one to your life.