In Which It Rains

[debka_notion]

Yesterday, it was predicted to start raining about half an hour after our last class ended.  Class got out a bit late, and we (both roommates and I) decided to try rushing home on foot.  Well, it started raining less than 10 minutes into our walk, and started to pour almost precisely at 5:00, when it was predicted to.  It was the most accurate forecast I've ever been told about.  So we took the bus home, much to one roommate's distress.  There was something rather humorous about it.  Managing the whole mental map of "we really, really want rain" while also wanting it to be reasonably dry when I'm walking to and from school is a funny balance to try to keep, for me.  The suddenness of the seasonal change also just sort of hit like a load of bricks- no gradual transitions...  (I know this is completely obvious to those of you also in Israel, but for everyone else, and because this is, after all, my journal...)

Comments

[kmelion.livejournal.com]

Why is your roomie distressed about taking a bus?

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

She is antsy and has major desires for as much exercise as she can get- she was disappointed about not getting her walk in. She just doesn't believe in taking buses when the walk would be less than 2 miles... It's nothing about Jerusalem/Israeli buses in particular.

[lordameth.livejournal.com]

This is what you get when you pray for Geshem. Don't wanna get wet, don't pray for rain.

Strangely (not strangely?), the same has been going on here in Honolulu. Yesterday was only the third or fourth time we've had heavy rain in the last two months, and the first day it was chilly enough to wear a jacket. Seasonal change = ton of bricks.