Sometime during the night, the power flickered off and on. When I woke, the alarm clock blinked silently at 12:01am, so I went into the kitchen to see the real time. 5:35am, or so I thought.

Almost an hour later, my eldest son taps on the door to let us know it's 7:20am. (That's usually when we leave to get the kids to school.)

Oops.

By nine, everyone was gone and it was just me. And the rain, the thunder, the flashes of lightning. The air was super-charged, the house cozy. I didn't even turn on my computer until way past 11, due to lightning and such...wonderful. Cleansing. The time alone was welcome.

I've decided I go too fast sometimes. Charge through when I think I'm doing something right, without thinking about all the 'proper' steps to get there. I don't have all the answers, that's for sure, but I need to take the time to listen. To really hear other people, rather than think about what I want to say while they talk.

This weekend was part of that realization. The company I'm working for is just amazing. I was just looking for a way to bring in extra money - I had no idea it would be a life-altering decision.

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Rain. It came down like fury at times, with the thunder booming overhead. I walked in the rain and thought about the night before, the way the sky looked yesterday as I drove home from the gym.

In the west, the sun slipped, glowing brightly, behind a mountain range even as, in the east, the full moon peeked from behind a mountain range. Day meeting night.

It felt momentous, somehow. It made me feel as though my life would now go in a different direction.

Well, life is weird and my imagination overblown. But what if...?