I am so tired I am just sitting here, staring at the screen, with my mouth hanging open.

Is there a nice thunderstorm brewin' in Springfield? If there was, I would hate you, cause I want one. I love the smell there after it rains. It is very different here in Reno. A couple of weekends ago, I came home from swim lessons, turned on the Tour de France's last stage, and kind of dozed on and off for about two hours. When I was slipping back into conciousness, I realized that it was raining outside and that there was actually cloud cover, and it was cool and there was thunder rumbling over my head. Oh, I loved it! I was so happy. It's too sunny here. Honestly. And personally, I love rain and clouds and thunder and stuff. But the smell after, although good, was not as good as Missouri's. Here, it's kind of a musty smell. It's weird. Not really clean. Like you rinsed off a pair of muddy shoes with water but when they dried up they were not fresh and clean but sweaty and still very dirty and dusty. I'm glad God invented rain. It's fabulous!