Day 4,390—Last Days of April—
I saw an email from the school district yesterday saying they were canceling all after-school activities due to storm warnings. This morning, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but when I looked at my phone, I saw severe weather warnings from now until 10 a.m., which left me confused about how canceling after school would make things safer for the staff and students. When I opened the door, it was raining hard, and I could hear the thunder and see the lightning. I closed the door and wondered if I should try a different headlamp. I went back inside for a few minutes, and then I emerged running in the downpour. I decided I would do somewhere around 2 or 3 miles. Maybe I couldn’t take the day off, but I could do a little less today. The only problem is that once I started running in the rain, I stopped thinking about how uncomfortable it was and spent my time being impressed with all the water flowing everywhere and how it felt like the thunder ...
