Rainy Season

Rainy season is winding down here & it has been horrible - and I even managed to miss out on the worst of it while I was back in the states. Imagine everything bad about summer (ridiculous humidity, constantly sweating, bugs) with none of the good stuff, mainly the sun. There hasn't been a wholly sunny day since I got back. Maybe some mornings or half-days with sun, but the skies surely get nasty and grey before too long. The real downside of the 'rainy season' is the actual lack of rain. It's all tension, no release. Most days it only to rains a couple drops for a few minutes in the evening.

I've come to realize what a fool I've been telling people on both sides of the Ocean that Ohio is just "a little" less humid than here. HA. It's like comparing the Sahara and the Amazon. IT IS GROSS HERE. This weekend marks what is usually the end of the rainy days - and last night the sky finally broke out in a fierce storm - so I expect I'll be sunbathing again soon in no time.

Mike


PS: Update from Colleen
In Japanese, "rainy season" = "tsuyu" つゆ

Yeah, he's right. It's humid!
That's another fun word; humid = mushi atsuii
mushi = bug, and atsuii = hot.
I'm on a roll here, so 1 more; mizu mushi = athlete's foot (mizu = water)

Lately, as soon as I get home and get a cool shower, I don't mind "tsuyu" so much. The mountains & rice fields are a spectacular green after the rain. Also, I have an excuse to indulge in things like ice cream.
The *most* important reason I could care less about the weather; I CAN WALK AGAIN!! It feels so great to be able to ride a bike to work, that I don't care about the sweat dripping all over my body when I get there.
-Colleen