The Rain Out

Ughhh. I am sitting at home writing this entry rather then playing in my weekly Tuesday night softball game thanks to the most annoying thing in the world (at least if you asked me that question right now) the Rain Out. That's 2 weeks in a row and 4 out of 7... when did I move to Seattle?? The Rain Out is annoying enough when it is pouring all day, but it has to be at least 100 times more annoying when you're given false hopes that the weather is going to cooperate-- only to have the tides change at the very last moment. For example last week the forecast called for steady rain all day, but leading up to our 8pm gametime it had yet to even drizzle. Just as I get in my car one single drop of rain splashed across my windshield, dashing my heart with fear. No more than 5 minutes later a monsoon settled over Chicago and the inevitable Rain Out took place shortly thereafter.

Beyond my beer league softball that no one cares about, rain outs are really annoying for everyone. BBQs, beach days, golf, picnics, baseball games -- everyone has felt the remorse of prepping for a day of fun, only for it to be ruined by rain. Even if it doesn't rain, the mere CHANCE of rain is quite annoying. Constant checking of the radar, glances every 5 minutes at the clouds, and the awful anxious feeling of rushing to get something in before the rain ends it. All annoying.

If only we were living in a Truman Show world where we could make it sunny with a flip of a switch... in that case I would be playing softball right now. At least my television can't be rained out (oh crap... I have a satellite which doesn't work when it's raining. UGHHHHH).