I WAS COUNTING IN THE RAIN TONIGHT!

 

My friend, Tom, called me at 4:30 and said, "Debbie, don't go out tonight.  It's too hot.  I went out for 15 minutes.  Thought I was going to die!"  I told him I go out later, not when the sun is really hot.

So at 6:30, it was pouring down rain.  I went out anyway and waited for the rain to slow down.  I wanted to clean up the football field on Wilbeth Road.  I saw lots of beer cans there earlier today.

I saw a full rainbow!  There's nothing in this world more beautiful than a full rainbow.

I knew when I was headed for the football field that there might be a rainbow.  Whenever the sky is crazy looking on one side, there's usually a rainbow on the other.

Isn't that really kind of the way life is?

The rain came down so hard that it flooded many areas, and I didn't notice until water was up to my ankles.  

Don't you hate wet feet?  I sure do.  Squish, Squish, Squish.  

I was smart enough not to walk in the water on the parking lot, but the grass was also flooded.  I wasn't smart enough to avoid that.

At the football field, I found this thing, and it had a blinking red light.  What do you think it is?  

I hesitated picking it up for a few seconds.  I was afraid it might explode, but it didn't do anything but blink, so I picked it up and put it in my trash bag.

And my trash bag didn't explode, so I guess it wasn't dangerous.

I picked up 27 aluminum beer bottles in the football field!  Must have been quite a party!

They always have the caps on, and they are always about 1/3 full of beer.  I have to unscrew the top, pour out the beer, and squash the bottle.  Even squashed, I filled my recycle bin tonight.

After cleaning the football field, I headed east on Wilbeth Road, and three men packed into a tiny Volkswagen bug pulled over to talk to me.  I couldn't really hear what they were saying with all the traffic noise, but I heard one say "beautiful."  I shook my head and said, "It really does look beautiful, doesn't it?"  And I motioned back at the football field.

The guy in the passenger seat said, "No, you!  You are beautiful!"  I just said thank you, and kept on picking up trash.  Goodness!  That was totally weird!

On my way back to my car, I picked up all the trash in this courtyard, and I noticed a flimsy trash bag overflowing with pop cans, fast food wrappers and diapers.  

As much as it grossed me out, I went ahead and picked it up and headed for my trash cart.  

The door opened, and a woman said, "What are you doing?"  

I told her, "I'll take your trash to the dumpster."  

She said, "No, we can do that."  

So I put it back.

The door closed, and then the door opened again, and a tiny little person about 3 years old came running out with two KoolAid Jammers, Grape flavor!

She smiled real big and said, "Don't get dehydrated!"  

How on earth could a tiny little person like that know such a big word?

I took the drinks and said "Thank you so much!"

People are nice everywhere I go.