10/22/2026
The mountains disappeared sometime before breakfast 🌧️
By the time the dining room clears, the rain is steady and the wind is leaning on the trees out front. Half the building has found a window. Nobody is in a hurry to leave it.
The front desk has a towel folded and ready for anyone who braved the walk from the parking lot. Maintenance is swapping out the entry mats before the lobby floor gets slick. Down the hall, the activity room has every lamp on, a puzzle half finished on the table, and the TV turned down low enough to hear the rain over it.
People who moved here from greener places will tell you the smell of rain is the thing they miss most. Today it came to them.
FOX5 says it dries out Friday and the sun is back for the weekend. Until then, the whole building has a front row seat. Rainy day plans, anyone?