Saving Earthworms and A Walk

It rained a good deal here in the 'delph today, and as I look up I can still see a drizzle falling right now. This immense amount of precipitation which started sometime late last night and has not let up yet has driven those poor, tiny-brained creatures, commonly known as earthworms, from their homes. The earthworm is from the Kingdom Anamilia, the Phylum of Annelida, in the Clitellata Class, but the Subclass Oligochaeta, and the Order Haplotaxida, subclass Lumbricina. Earthworms are also called Megadriles, as opposed to microdriles which are the smaller worms. With all that completely useless information (unless your on Jeoparady or Who Wants to be a Millionare? someday and a question on what Kingdom the earthworm is in, then I would greatly appreciate part of the winnings) being said, the reason I mentioned these creatures in the first place was because of the incessant rain. There was a mass slaughter of the things right by Berry Bible Building. Granted 10 or so dead earthworms is probably not a great percentage of their world population, and I am sure more of them are eaten by the campus birds everyday than the handful that were trampled on the sidewalk today. Nevertheless, it was a sad sight to behold. Some were still alive so I put my bag down and used a flower petal to scoot them back on the grass. I know that I must have looked really funny, but that didn't really bother me, it mattered to those earthworms. (Maybe.) Have no fear though, I am not going to go start a world movement to SAVE THE EARTHWORMS or anything, I just thought it was a nice thing to do, and I can endure a few awkward stares from people for that. (There are pictures below, but I rest assured they are not the dead worms. These are nice happy live ones. There are also pictures of the spring flowers on campus.)

Later I went for a walk down by the Gazebo and it was quite lovely. I took off my shoes to walk in the puddles and (I had an umbrella Mom) took the path all the way around the little park. Every so often there was a long patch of walk that would be covered in sticks, the shells from the newly bloomed trees, or mud, but there was always a puddle not too far after so I could wash my feet. If you stop and think about it, life can be like that too. Sure there are plenty of times there will be no way around a tough situation, but if you press on through it's nothing you can't handle as long as you remember to use God's strength and not your own. Sometimes we have to push through those hard times before we can get to the good right on the other side, and maybe we just don't see that good from this side of the mud.
Two more days until Spring Break.