Rainy day

I knocked on the door and waited for an answer, I knocked again and this time the door finally opened.

After a long walk under the rain, my mother’s house had become visible in the distance. I recognized it because of the little window on the roof. I have fond memories of me and my sister climbing up to the attic to play hide and seek. I still have so many memories from that little cozy home in the middle of nowhere.

What a rain and it kept going. There's no question that today is not my day. I’d never thought it would be this late. I had to walk about three miles until I reached my mother’s house. If only I had my shoes but I left them on the train, how stupid of me. I realized just after stepping out of it, I turned around but it had left, that damn train. I was about to get off at the wrong stop if it hadn’t been for the kind lady that woke me up just before the train left the station, I got off the train so fast that I completely forgot about my shoes. The damn megaphone was broken so I never heard the announcement about the next stop.

Seat 3B, I remember it, I had to be there for like three hours, so it was obvious that I wanted to stay comfortable. The trip was nice, I met a lady, her name was Sarah, she left the train before me, but we had time to talk.

Sarah told me she works at a wood store in some little town near the main road. She entered the train at about the second stop. I remember seeing her entering, the air was still warm. The train made a stop at a little town in the middle of nowhere. Sarah stepped in wearing a scarf, she walked down the aisle and stopped right next to me

“Excuse me, I believe that’s my seat.” she said pointing at the seat next to me.

I moved so she could sit down. We started talking almost immediately and she was nice. She told me about her parent’s farm and how she was ready to leave that place and move to the big city. She then got excited when I told her I was from the city. I told her everything about the place, all the buildings, parks, restaurants, and places where she could work. It didn’t surprise me when she asked me if I could show her around if she ever went there. Of course, I told her that there would be no problem, all that while I was hiding my misfortune, for all I know I’m going to have to move with my mother soon. I’d never thought that someday I’d have to leave the city. It’s not bad there, at my mother’s house, but I’d dare to say that it’s a little bit more boring. I’ll miss my friends, that’s for sure. But I’m just going to have to let things fall where they may.

Before I met Sarah the trip was all right I guess. The scenery slowly changed from the big buildings in the city to the long woods in the countryside. The quiet in the countryside cannot be compared, the sound of leaves that mix with the chirping of the birds and the steps of the squirrels, all the noises forming a quiet melody. It’s perfect, it’s not complete silence, but the noise is not overwhelming, nothing compared to the city. In the city, all you can hear is claxons, people shouting because of excitement, pain, or just because they’re greeting each other. Maybe it’s not that bad, living in the countryside.

During the first part of the trip I had some time to be left alone with my thoughts. I tried to make a plan and ended up having like twenty, now I’m just wondering if I’d ever been able to achieve at least one of them. How I´d like to be a small child again, my only worry being what we were going to have for dinner. I have to admit, if I hadn’t lost my shoes the trip on the train was quite useful.

I never actually thought I would have to take a train today, I mean, today I was supposed to stay at home, well, no, I was actually supposed to go to work, but then I was supposed to stay at home. But my mother called and told me she needed some help and that I was the only one free. Before that I was watching TV, I started a new show this morning. It's about some sisters, one has powers and the other doesn’t. I hope I can finish it. I have lost count of how many shows I have started and not finished, but now I have time, I have plenty of time actually.

Of course, I had nothing else today after receiving a letter today, imagine my surprise when it was 8 a.m. and I received THE letter. I was ready to go to work, I had showered, tidied up, and had my favorite breakfast, toast with marmalade. Everything seemed perfect until I was to step out of the house, the mailman handed me a letter and after signing I read it “NOTICE OF TERMINATION” it read, at that moment my world fell apart, I called my mother to tell her the bad news.

I know well that I shouldn’t have stayed late yesterday, after all, I went to bed at around 1 a.m. Who would’ve thought that my rainy day would start within the first hour of the day with some terrible insomnia.

You know, it’s funny, who would’ve thought the hell of a day I’d had today. I just hope that when I arrive at my mother’s house she will be waiting for me with a hot cup of coffee and some shoes. I just try to think, or maybe convince myself, that the only good thing about being this down is that now I can only go up, hopefully.