The Little Things

Last night Teddy and I attempted a run while AJ was at his Minecraft coding class. There's a 45-minute window for us to run that lines up perfectly with a local running group's run, so last week we joined them, broke off early to be back in time and had a splendid time. This week, though, it was cool with gray skies and rain looming. I had checked the radar, and it looked clear for the next hour, so I thought we'd be fine.

The raindrops started before we even began running, followed by the the first lightening flashes within a couple blocks. Within 5 minutes, the rain was picking up speed with lightening and thunder quite plentiful. Teddy and I bailed as quickly as we could into a building just as the skies unleashed their full fury. Whoops.

Fortunately we were only a half mile away from where we started, and we still had 40 minutes to wait out the storm. Once the rain let up, we continued our run back to the vehicle. The streets were soaked from the downpour, and so were my feet as I ran through ankle-deep water.

I threw Teddy into the car as the rain picked up, and he was full of giggles at our adventure. See, Teddy likes the feeling of raindrops. And lightening and thunder don't faze him in the least. This was his idea of a good, fun time.

He doesn't fear the storm. He is the storm. 

After a bit of playing in the car, as Teddy kept opening the door because it was funny to have it rain inside, we headed inside looking ridiculous trying to carry Teddy and an umbrella. Then he discovered the giant gym with built-in bleachers at the rec department and thoroughly enjoyed the rest of our wait running around, giggling and exploring.

He finds so much joy in the little things. Sometimes he's remarkably chill and goes with the flow as our plans unravel and isn't disturbed by things that would concern others like rain storms or waiting for his brother to be done with class. Then again, other times, waiting is incredibly hard for him as was evidenced by the swim class that followed coding class. I get that, though, because it's hard when there's a pool right there that you can't enjoy.

So, we really didn't get much of a run, but at least Teddy enjoyed our soggy adventures.