The crashing sounds of thunder...

As I sat at my desk in the office, sketching details for a project I was working on, the red felt tip pen I was using started to fade on the printout that I was tracing over. The sky had been dark all morning, since getting out of the Bay subway station. I had luckily listened to the weather in the morning, and knew that rain was on its way, unlike all of the people waiting just inside the station, hoping that the rain would stop. I opened my umbrella, and walked the 10 minutes to the office.

The rain was coming down hard, and soaked the bottoms of my pants, and the humidity made it feel much warmer than it was. The AC was on in the office, but it never feels cold when you enter. I stowed my umbrella under my desk, and turned on the notebook computer that sat before me.

All morning, the rain came down. As the lunch hour drew near, I could feel the rumblings in my stomach, and I couldn't wait to leave and get some food. I was contemplating leaving earlier than I usually do, but then the rain started to come down heavier than it had all morning. People started to leave the office for lunch, but I chose to wait and see if the rain would die down a little.

After waiting half an hour, the rain let up a little, so I decided to go out with my umbrella, and brave the light rain, hoping that it would not start pouring once again. I made it to the restaurant, and sat down to eat my meal. As I ate, I looked across the road at the new ROM addition, and could see that the rain was starting to get heavy again. The people out on the street started to walk faster, getting wet because they had no umbrella's.

As I walked back to the office, the rain was pouring down hard. Once again the bottoms of my pant legs were wet, as were my shoes. I got back to my seat, put my wet umbrella under my desk, and was about to start working, when a LOUD CRASH of thunder followed a very bright flash of lightning. It surprised everybody, causing some to let out little screams. That's when one co-worker sheapishly said "I really don't like thunder", as she closed the open window next to her.

DB.