Apologies, I hate alliteration, and I just used it in my title, I think it's one of the most overused literary devices and try to avoid it but sometimes a little alliteration slips out.

I woke up at 5:30 am to heavy rain and thunder and lightening. I made Brian promise to make me oatmeal so I knew that I had to get up and go down into Cable by 5:45, otherwise I would get made fun of for skipping practice. It was dark and when I switched on the light, nothing happened, the storm had taken out the power again. I managed to find a complete outfit among my stuff as well as a change of dry clothes since I knew I was going to get soaked. I groped my way into the bathroom but couldn't get my contacts in without light so I put them in when I got in my car. Once in Cable, life looked more cheery. The boys' house had power and WOJB on the radio, the local radio station from the nearby Indian reservation, to go along with oatmeal and bread fresh from the breadmaker.

We left straight from the house and headed into the nearby trails. Both the boys (Garrott and Brian) had left their shoes outside to dry overnight (ha!). but at least I started out with dry shoes. That didn't last; soon we were making the biggest splashes possible as we ran through the puddles. It was nice to be running in the rain with sporadic thunder and lightening instead of in the heat with bugs and sweat. We managed to make a big loop and only stopped once to eat berries. Despite a fun workout today, I'm looking forward to Monday being off tomorrow.