It was lovely out this morning. Sunny, warm. I finished mowing the lawn (after running out of gas as I started the back yard on Thursday!) and noticed it was a little windy, but didn't think too much of it. We left for Abby's softball game, and the sky was starting to look a little threatening. As we got out of the car, we started feeling raindrops, and by the time we got to the field, it was definitely raining.
A few weeks ago, I designated two blankets to be softball blankets, and have been keeping them in the trunk of the car. Today, we were really glad we had them! The previous game was finishing up as we arrived, and Katrina and I put one blanket down on the bleachers and the other over our heads. All the people leaving the game looked at us with lots of pity. I was glad I hadn't decided to wear shorts.
The rain was fairly steady for the first couple of innings. They called the girls in once when it was raining really hard, but while it was lighter they just had them play. Once we thought we heard thunder, but never saw any lightning. I spent some time thinking about how conductive aluminum bleachers are. I knew I should have paid more attention in physics.
The team played well -- they got 3 runs in the first inning, then finished up at 6 runs total, with 3 for the other team. The girls didn't seem too bothered by the rain. After it was all over (it got called a bit early, as the other team only had 9 players, and one had to leave at 5:30, so that was that!) and we were driving home, the sun came out.