It’s pissing rain today.
It pissed rain yesterday, too.
We can’t complain.
During the “blue season”, which is usually most of the summer, Vancouver gets very little of the rain it is so known for. In fact, we’ve barely had a drop of rain in… months.
Since July, I think. And this year the blue season just kept on going…
Till yesterday, when Fall came roaring in.
Now all the rain that we didn’t get these past three months is arriving at once, in buckets.
Owl is a true child of Vancouver, though. He protests bitterly when the bright summer sunshine gets in his eyes, howling “SUN GO ‘WAY!” and spent the last two days cheerfully observing “dark out! Sun down, down, down. RAIN.”
I hate the rain.
When I lived in Curacao, which was a desert island, rain had a novelty factor. When it rained, the teachers let us out of class to play in it because we couldn’t focus on classes when there was WATER in the AIR outside. Sometimes it rained so hard that school was cancelled because the storm ditches were flooded and driving was impossible.
In a land where there air conditioning was blasting all year round, a rain-day was the closest thing you got to a snow day, and only happened once a year if that.
When we returned to Canada I lost my interest in rain in a hurry. It’s cold. It’s wet. It makes my clothes cling. It lands on my face. And the grey weather gives me depression. Whereas sun gives me energy, makes me feel more normal, and turns my hair a pretty blond.
PH, who grew up on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, is more philosophical about rain, and Owl seems to be growing up the same way. So, in honor of the fact that Owl is a Vancouverite and that this will be his life for the next six months, I took him out to play in the rain.
He had a blast, splashing in puddles and getting absolutely soaking wet.
At least one of us will enjoy Vancouver weather this winter.
Same here in Seattle Carol! We got spoiled with that nice summer weather all the way into October! I’ve been a hermit all day – and so have the girls. Getting creative playing indoors today, because I too hate the rain and LOVE the sun. Sigh…too bad we can’t hibernate – LOL!
I live in San Diego, and it usually never rains here ever. Well last Thursday I woke up to get ready to go to school and it was sprinkling, 5 minutes later it was pouring and thundering, then my whole street had a flash flood and I was stuck at home for a bit. Then because I really hate being late to things, I went outside like an idiot and braved the flood while people tried to grasp the fact that we finally had rain. By the time I got on the train to school, the rain was gone and the sun came back, however when I arrived at school it decided to hail here. Then it poured all of Friday, and now it’s back to being sunny and in the 80s.
I often wish I lived on the west coast – I love rain. I hate the 9 months of cold winter we get here in Alberta. It snowed last weekend and I almost clawed my own eyes out. Then I think…hmm, maybe getting soaked just going from the house to the car, every day, wouldn’t be so awesome.
OK, Hawaii it is.
I love snow. It’s pretty and though it’s cold, you can just shake it off inside so you stay dry.
It has been so hot here all summer, that I actually miss 40-32 degree winter weather.
I have never seen or encountered snow before.
Oh, man, you’re missing out. Come to Whistler over Christmas or something. It’s like visiting Santa’s Workshop
My boyfriend and I want to move to Denver after I get my teaching degree, and according to my boyfriend it snows all the time there and he really wants to teach me how to ski despite the fact that I am quite possibly the clumsiest person alive.In other news, I just officially got hired as a preschool teacher! I’m sooo excited to begin and start gaining more experience. I’ve been wanting to learn baby sign language too just in case a parent comes in who uses it. Any pointers? 🙂