Rainy mood

Does anyone else feel that the weather has a direct influence on your mood? I mean, I was expecting to go outside to play some soccer today, or at least go for a run. Now it's raining out and I don't feel like doing anything, let alone get up to do any sort of physical activity. I've been sitting at this stupid computer for the last few hours, feeling so lethargic and just all-around lazy that I felt compelled to at least do something useful and make a blog post. So here it is, you're welcome. Especially if you live in Syracuse too and you've been waiting for something awesome to come out of this gloomy day.

I don't know, I just feel better when it's sunny out. Probably something to do with human nature and the way our skin reacts to sunlight, but I don't want to go all science-y on you and go there. Plain and simple, sunlight=good, rain=bad. Unless you're a plant. But I'm not, so I don't like these rainy days xD. Now, if there were thunder and lightning outside, that'd be a different story.

I love watching the flashes of lightning illuminate the towering storm clouds, counting the time lapse between the lightning and thunder, and then evaluating how loud the boom was (the ones that rumble around as if the sky were clearing its throat don't count). But what was it, the storm is one mile away for every 5 seconds that you can count? At least it gives you something exciting to do. When it's just raining, all you can do is watch the stream of water go by at the end of your driveway and imagine what it would be like if you were an ant and were caught in a flooding river like that. Or is that just me?

Thunderstorm

I know don't about you, but I really enjoy things that explode and make loud noises in the sky. Fireworks are at the top of my list because they shoot off pretty colors too. Thunder is a close second. It's been a while since we've had a good lightning storm in Syracuse, so I just had to pause and watch the storm for a while this morning. There's this incredible feeling I get when I see the lightning streak across the sky, illuminating the clouds in one brief flash, and then the reverberating boom that soon follows. It reminds me of how powerful nature is (from the comfort of my house, that is). And how this flash of electricity is able to produce such a loud, cracking sound when it's right above you. There are deeper tones too, darker and rumbling as the storm drifts away into the distance. I wish it would stay a bit more so I could keep listening to the thunder. What do you like about storms?