The Prodigal Blogger:

Alright, so I haven't been faithful with blogging a lot lately. I hope that there are still people that actually read this. I've been in this crazy funk all weekend. My mood has been a mix of pessimism and negativity and a lack of feeling of self-worth. I'm not entirely sure what the cause of these feelings was, but they were not happy. I think that maybe it has been the rain.

We've had nothing but rain all weekend. We have had so much rain up here that the administration building, Pastor Symonds' house, and much of Sussex is flooded. I'm not talking like 4 - 6 inches flooded.... I'm talkin' 4 feet-ish flooded. Matt was telling me this morning that one of the guys that works for his dad was traveling over there and the water was so deep that it came up over the hood of his car an wrecked the engine.

When all of these thoughts gathered in my head, I realized that I have to walk down the hill to work in the library. I am totally not impressed with that thought. I am tired and to combine that with wet...mmmmm no. Not gunna happen. I am still going to have to go to work. I'm not sure how happy I'm going to be with that.

To me rain is like a split record (vinyl). On one side is the emo that puts you in a total downer of a mood. On the other side is a symphony that creates images of beauty in your mind and has the potential to bring you to tears of joy. Rain has that effect on me. Some moments, it is the stuff that makes you realize how awesome God is. At other moments, the gray clouds make you feel as dismal as their color. I'm not sure how it works or when the vinyl flips sides...but right now I'm feeling the "emo" effect of the rain.