quick weather changes

matty came home the other day from school not feeling well.
now all three of the blanton brothers have stayed home one day each in a one week radius.
i think.
i'm not going to swear to it, but i'm 90 percent sure i'm right.
so he really wanted a mcflurry from mcdonalds.
he got the ok, got the money and we piled in my car on the way to mickeyd's.
point of this story--he rolled his window down.
and i love him for doing it.
i wouldn't have done it.
i lived through the summer with all my windows down.
i suffered rain soaked seats.
roaches to kill in the dead of night.
nature debris laying everywhere.
i loved it but it was also work.
and a pain.
but he rolled that window down and the sweet summer-like breeze seeped in and made itself a home.
within myself.
i was most thankful and rolled out the welcome mat.
i am a roll-your-windows-down-thankful-for-the-warm-air-breeze-[girl]--all around.
my appreciation list is then quickly filled in my mind.
my serotonin level gets jacked up.
i feel lighter and i can conquer anything that should come my way.
i left the window down as i traveled to work in greensboro.
i kept it down as i traveled back home at night.
i love having my windows done.
i even see clearer.

i am so thankful.
for the weather.
that we can [enjoy.]

then we got hit with a crazy monsoon last night.
the rain was pouring.
it was piercing my car.
the roads.
the trees and homeless cats.
and as i was packing for my trip to maryland i was overcome with extreme hunger.
i grabbed my rain jacket, ran out to my car and sat down quickly.
i looked beside me and saw my moleskin journal on the passenger seat seemed darker in color.
i gasped.
i left my window down.
my purse was soaked.
my wallet.

[when i was at work hours before there was a sweet loose leaf piece of paper with some glitter that the boys had accidentally put on the corners and it had dried beautifully. it was ripped a little but i was instantly drawn to this piece of paper. i began writing on it. and i turned it into a beginning devotion of what i am thankful for. it would have sparkled even without the glitter but it was most endearing and i made it a part of me. ]

this magical piece of paper had been rained on.
i must have gasped twenty times because that's all i could do.
it was most troublesome and confusing at the time.
after i was done i picked it up and allowed it to rest in the back seat.
a better atmosphere then the front part of the car.
all in all it was a sad moment---but! i quickly rolled the window up and got some food.
i had realized that most things dry.
simple, yes.
but sometimes that's all we need.
to not wallow in that moment.
i can't change it.
thank goodness it dried today on my way to maryland.
eleven beautiful hours to do so.

and now i am even more thankful then before.