Today I spent most of the day on the fifth floor of the hospital I am working at this semester. It was a really busy day. Ridiculously busy. There was constantly someone needing something or a medication that needed to be given. But I was able to catch one needed moment today amongst it all. It was the kind of moment sent from angels above to remind me of happiness.
It rained today. Normally when it rains here, it's warm and swampy. Of course, it's humid - it's always humid here. Sometimes, I will find moisture on my knees... who has moisture on their knees? When it rains in the south it's normally annoying rain - like the little bits of breathable oxygenated air that exist in between the drops of rain are also saturated with water and you're just breathing in water. You may as well jump in a lake and take a big breath.
Anyway - today's rain wasn't like that. Today's rain was cold, and crisp, and it smelled really really good. Somehow, on the fifth floor of the hospital, with all the big, secure windows, I got to smell the rain. I don't know where it came from, but a swift wisp of cold air hit me right in the face. It was a literal "WHACK!" of deliciousness.
I immediately thought of home and how the rain smells when it hits the sidewalk and the leaves.
It totally made my day. Totally! The only thing that would have topped that would have been a butt massage WHILE smelling the rain. THAT would have been amazing.
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