Rainy day

Rainy days used to make me think of home. It made me think of how I would wake up wrapped up in my blanket like a cocoon. I would push it off, run out of my room and jump up and down in my PJs as I hear that classes are canceled. I would refuse to take a shower because it was too cold, but when my friends came I would enthusiastically play in the rain with them. I would come home dripping wet. That's when mom would hand me a towel and force me into the shower. I would come out a few minutes after when I would smell hot chocolate boiling in the pot. I would grab my mug of hot choco with marshmallows and sit by the window. I would watch the tiny droplets of rain race down the glass of the window. They made me think of a beautiful tiny flower somewhere out there getting the drink of its life. My thought would be interrupted when the electricity would fluctuate or sometimes black out. My brother, sister and I would take out the seldom played board games and card games. Sometimes we would even make shadow puppets with the candlelight and the flashlight. Rainy days were happy days inside the comfort of my own home.

Then I grew up. I despised rainy days more and more. When classes were canceled, I would realize that it would be stressful to cope with schoolwork after missing a day. I couldn't wait to take a warm shower to ease the nerves. When classes weren't canceled, I would protest when I am made to walk in the flooded or muddy streets under the heavy rain that would ruin my hair or my bag or my dress. I would rather be eating ice cream somewhere sunny than sip my hot choco. I would be too busy looking for a good reception for my phone and my wifi. I don't have the time to sit around and watch stupid water fall down the ground or play pointless games when the electricity goes out. I hate it when the electricity went out. I felt like I couldn't do anything productive. Most of all, I hate it that I have to be home and miss out on the opportunities waiting for me outside.

**I regret the day that I missed out on an opportunity of a lifetime simply because of a rainy day