Rainy Days

Even though rainy days are horrible to most people, they do have their benefits. Since almost every day is a rainy day here in Washington, we should all be used to it.
You know how Seattle and the surrounding area is called the "Emerald City", and all that? They say that because the grass is so green bla bla bla bla. Why isn't my grass green? And no, it's not because we don't take care of it, because we do. We try everything to make it green, but nothing works. I guess time will tell (even though we've lived here for about three years).
Instead of being bored out of your mind on rainy days and watch the rain outside go down, down, down, and watching TV, get up and do something. Let's see... you could bake brownies or cookies (yum), clean out you fish's tank (if you have one), practice cartwheels if you have room, find bouncy balls and juggle, whatever. Here's a list of stuff you probably won't want to do, but if you're really desperate, then this list is for you:

-Clean your room
-Study for any upcoming tests
-Make dinner for your family
-Take out the garbage

You get the idea. There's lots of stuff to occupy yourself on rainy days.
When I used to live in Ohio in 3rd and 4th grade, I went to a school called Kensington Intermediate. Every Friday, we got to have an extra recess and got to go outside earlier so the recess would be longer. And usually, unlike in Washington, Friday's would always be sunny. Anyway, if you got in trouble that week or if you had to finish work, you had to stay in the cold and boring school hallways and serve time there. The school called this "study hall", and if you had to go to study hall, the students took the news like they were being sentenced to death. And I'm being serious. Having to go to study hall was the most unpopular thing to do.
Well, anyway, I got study hall once, and my friends were like, "Oh, I'm sorry. Too bad you'll get to miss it. It's really sunny."
I don't know why I had to go to study hall, for some stupid reason probably. My 3rd grade teacher wasn't very nice to me. I think I forgot to bring a pencil to school. Something like that.
I just grumbled an inaudible reply and as the bell rang, I grumbled some more and sat in the hallway. No one else joined me. I was alone. How depressing. I heard a weird tapping noise on the roof and windows on the school. I looked up from staring blankly at the wall a few minutes later, and guess what I saw?
Five words.
It. Was. Pouring. Down. Rain.
Haha! Best study hall ever.
See? Rainy days have their benefits. This may sound mean, but you get to watch other people get soaked to the bone while you're inside a warm (well, compared to outside) building.
I don't go to a school where they have study hall anymore, thank God.
Remember earlier I said a way to stifle your boredom is to make brownies?
I think I'll go do that.