Friday, August 24, 2007

Is it ever going to stop raining?

The strangest things have been happening all week, and I wonder if it is ever going to stop. Usually when strange things happen, its just one thing (that usually doesnt really affect your life that much) and you go back to your normal routine. Lately though, it seems to be one thing after another. Can the stormy weather influence strange things to happen? It started with the murder, or perhaps the violent storm the night of. Granted, this murder did not affect my life directly, but it affected people close to me, and hit too close. Its the kind of mystery you see on Dateline or 48 Hours, that leaves you wondering why or how someone could do something so inhumane, but goes away as soon as you turn off the television. Other smaller, less signifigant things have happened since, that could be qualified more as odd than strange, but in the light of everything else, hits harder. The sun came out for a little bit yesterday, I almost forgot what it looked like. And then the storm rolled in. Ive never seen anything like the black cloud that engulfed our building within seconds. Our office is on the 19th floor overlooking Oak Street Beach, we were all in the conference room sitting by the window when it hit. The wind was so strong the windows were bowing in and out. It looked like one big circle around us, rain and hail going up, debris flying in circles, I half expected to see the wicked witch flying by. And more storms are expected today. The rain stops occasionally, but not even long enough for the sidewalks to completely dry, and then it starts to sprinkle again. Hopefully the rain will end soon and things will return to normal, or at least make more sense.