Rain rain go away?

When you hear the phrase “rainy day”, a slow dread can creep over your body. For most people the only thing that a rainy day brings is boredom, and although you might think that rain is just an evil mastermind plotting to ruin your summer, a rainy day here and there might be exactly what you need. Why would you need something that traps you indoors and takes away your sunny days? All I need to say is one word…productivity. Rainy days, at least for me, are the perfect way to get some much needed work done, and whether that be actual work from my internship, or general things I need to get done, a rainy day is often the thing that helps me get it all done. Most of the time rainy days postpone plans and most people want to stay indoors anyways. So, if like me, you instantly begin to melt at the sight of that falling water here is some things you can do so that you don’t waste this watery opportunity.

Clean you room

God who am I your mother? I know this might be the last thing a college student wants to hear, but seriously this is the perfect time to clean up that mess of a room. Pick up some dirty clothes, dismantle that pile of old Exponents, and maybe even throw out that paper plate that may or may not be growing its own mini ecosystem on it. Trust me, nothing is more entertaining than realizing that you actually have a carpet underneath that battlefield of objects on the floor.

Get ahead in your work

Since the weather does not want to correspond with your tanning schedule why don’t you take a look at what work you need to do in the next couple of weeks. From school work to actual work, using this time indoors to get ahead start will not only leave you feeling better prepared for whatever projects you have ahead, but when our glorious golden friend comes to visit again you will have extra free time for more important things, like breaking the record for longest nap by the pool.

Laundry time

As much as I wish this were true there is no such thing as the laundry fairy to come clean your clothes, and if you’re anything like me your dirty clothes are days away from planning a coup. If this is you then a rainy day may be exactly what you need to tame the beast in your laundry hamper. Take a couple hours to sort and clean your clothes. You’ll not only have clean clothes a the end of it, but you can save yourself from doing the embarrassing “sniff test” on that t-shirt you wanted to wear out tonight.

Of course there are a million other things you can do on this rainy day: wash your dishes, clean your apartment, give yourself a haircut (not really recommended, but hey it will grow back). Hopefully you can look at your own “to do” list and figure out a better way to spend the day then by sitting around and staring out the window at the inclement weather.