I like certain types of rain. On a summer day, a good rainfall is the perfect excuse to jump in mud puddles and run around getting soaking wet. Some of the best fun I’ve had with my kids is playing in the rain!
Thunder storms with torrential rain are very exciting to me. You know, when the rain is pounding so hard that it looks like it’s jumping off the ground, the gutters are overflowing, the thunder makes the house shake, and the lights flicker and threaten to go out. I’ve always loved big storms, even as a kid in the midwest when the threat of tornadoes had my mom making us hide in the closet under the stairs. We colored all over the walls in there with crayons, so it was like a secret fort for my brother and me.
Cold, drizzly, windy rain is not fun. Rain on days or nights when I want my hair to look nice is not fun. The slightest bit of humidity or rain kills my good hair days. Pouring rain when you have a cartload of groceries and three kids to load into the car is not fun.
So I guess I like rain only when it is convenient for me.