Raindrops keep falling....
I am struck by cloudy days sometimes, both the actual days and just the emotional ones. They put a damper on my mood and cause me to want to stay in bed. As much as I try to not be affected, sometimes these days just get the best of me. The flipside of the cloudy day is a flight I once took on a cloudy and rainy day. I was so apprehensive of this flight, of being gone from my home and school for a week already, and the gloomy weather was not helping. Well, ready or not, the flight attendants launch into their safety spiel, and as much as I would love to tell you it was one of those really great moments being posted on Facebook where they do an amazing song for the safety portion, or half the flight starts singing to you, it wasn't. We ascended the climb, my ears began to throb and mute out sound, the plane shook, and I white knuckled the handles. Just as the tears were forming in my eyes and I was starting to wish I had not so eagerly volunteered for this trip t