Week 6-Rain Rain, Don't Go Away!

Rain pours faster and bigger than I have seen in a really long time (and that’s saying a lot, seeing that I am from Seattle, Washington.) Lakes of water build in undesirable places within 2 minutes of this downpour and the grass is so saturated with water, that walking on it could cause you to get wet and muddy up to your knees. However, instead of looking down upon this strange phenomenon, students far and wide dressed into their grungiest clothes and created the grassy swamps into a muddy slip and slide. Students from far and wide were muddying up their everyday clothes to enjoy this otherwise miserable weather. Nobody seemed to care that they were cold and wet, it was the enjoyment of something new and different that attracted so many students. Talk about living in the moment, and finding joy in even the toughest times in life; I definitely think that this is a prime example!
Not only did we spend quality time sliding like penguins down this all-natural slip-and-slide, we also decided to take advantage of the mud hill right next to Heritage Halls, and the mucky puddles of thick, brown mud that it contained. We rolled around in the puddles like pigs and threw around thick wads of mud at each other, ending up with mud caking every part of our bodies, including our hair and eyelashes. After this messy adventure, we ran back to the lake of water near our apartment and “rinsed off.” It was surprising that this already puddle of dirty water actually rinsed us off as well as it did. Unfortunately, after all the fun was over, we all had to take showers, and the shower almost overflowed because it got so plugged with the mud going down the drain. It took a lot of deep cleaning, but I would have to say that all the cleaning off afterwards was definitely worth the time, because grassy slip-and-slides and mud fights are definitely a once in a lifetime experience that I might never have an opportunity to do again!
Unfortunately, I had a test the next day that I had hardly studied for, and a lot of reading to do. But I figure that I would rather stay up really late to finish homework, than miss such an experience that I might never have an opportunity to repeat.