Sunshine After the Rain

I don't think that before I moved to the T town I had any concept of how long a rainy season it had. It's the best part of 5 months. Insanely long. And though it doesn't rain all day every day as it did on my island home, it is guaranteed to rain the moment you want to drive to school/wash your hair/leave the house for any reason. As we are currently car-less (I'm doing my bit for the environment, I tell myself) going out when it's raining is a biiiiig no no. Not only is is wet (duh) but as soon as you get any speed up, the previously large blobby raindrops turn into bb gun pellets that aim directly for your eyes. And when I say wet, you might be thinking of slightly damp shoulders and frizzy hair. Nu-uh, I am talking about sodden-knicker drenched in a matter of seconds. So to combat this, you wear waterproofs. Giant great capes with a helmet shoved on top so that you don't have to drive with your eyes closed (not advisable, though frequently necessary). So you are all covered up and ready to tackle the road. That's when you discover that even without the BB gun pellets, the road is still completely invisible due to the mist that the steaming rain produces. That car that was previously invisible, appears in front of you and then you try to brake. Whhooops. All of this AND tackling it alongside drivers from the Siam School of Motoring (main rules: you are the only person on the road, if someone hits you it's their fault, wing mirrors are for popping zits). Sooo all of this means if you are car-less in rainy season in the T-town, you hibernate.

At first hibernation was fun. We had just come out of hot season. I mean H-O-T season. I mean have-to-sleep-with-your-fingers-splayed season. And for us unfortunates without AC (again a green choice...I tell myself again and again..) there is no respite. Well there is...it's called Tesco Lotus and it's 5 minutes away, but unfortunately they won't let me sleep there. I tried. I digress. It was hot, and suddenly it was not (sorry). And the relief was huge. You could sleep at night, you could nap during the day, you could lie in... you totally get why Thai's are always banging on about rainy season being "good for sleep"... it totally is. But... there is only so much you can sleep in 5 months, until you start going a little stir crazy/cabin-fever ridden. Some days we would be hungry for hours but the rain was too heavy to go out. Clothes take weeks to dry, your favourite leather bag goes mouldy and all of a sudden. BAM. You are sooooo over it.

So thank god for the sun arriving again to cheer us all up. And not just any sun, this amazing not too hot sun that brings an awesome wind with it. The weather has truly been spectacular the last few weeks. Misty mornings, breezy afternoons and cool nights. It kind of makes it all worth while (check back with me mid-May though and I am sure I will have a different perspective on the sun and where it should stick itself.)