I think I can officially say that the monsoon is on its way out, or gone for good (until next year). I have never lived in a monsoon area before, but my goodness, it is so much rain!
The monsoon brings about a lot of good (about 80% of the rainfall in India, waters the crops, lowers the temperature, isn't so dusty...) but it also brings some not-so-fun things.
We spent a lot of time in raincoats over the past couple months (thankful for good raincoats!)
Let's just say owning a scooter in the rainy season isn't the best.
Fortunately our teammates gave us a lot of rides so we didn't always have to go out in the rain on the scooter.
There is no mercy here for people walking, or on scooters or bikes (which is a lot of people!). Drivers just fly through puddles and flooded roads no matter who is around. We have been splashed so much. One day, a car splashed Chad and soaked him in nasty water from head to toe and in his words it is the "maddest he's ever been".
These are some pictures from the past couple months from our balcony. There isn't a good drainage system, so the water just sits in the roads.
With all the rain, it also brings lots of humidity. North Carolina is pretty humid, so it didn't bother me that much except for two things.
1. my hair
I pretty much stopped drying and fixing it and just put it up everyday. wasn't even worth it. (Rach, Ash, Brooke- you don't know how many times I have thought "your hair is inexplicable!" or "It's the humidity!"-in Monica's voice)
2. the mold
Not going to lie, it took me a little while to get use to the mold. I would just find it randomly on our things and just get so grossed out. I would lay in bed at night and tell Chad "i just feel like it's in my lungs, I'm breathing it all in." But I got over it and became use to it. Don't get me wrong, it still grosses me out. It seems to like certain things/materials. Especially my rainbows. I had just cleaned them like 3 days before I took the picture below.
...just keeping it real
I have spent a couple days this week cleaning everything in our house. just in case.
We have enjoyed the monsoon because everything is so green and there is so much in bloom. I'm sure in the next couple of months when everything is dry and dusty I will wish it was monsoon season again. Isn't that how it always goes?
5 comments:
Glad you're drying out! I certainly wouldn't want to deal with that mold!!!
HAHA! I can hear Monica's voice now ;) And O-M-G I'm not gonna lie, that mold is nasty. I'm not sure I would be willing to put my feet back in those rainbows. But glad it is clean-able!!
Ick! I think those Rainbows would be retired in my house. I couldn't do it.
Hopefully your clothes will dry better now too!
Oh wow I literally laughed out loud at work at the monica quote! wait I mean I don't read blogs at work, of course not! And that mold, oh wow, glad you're getting used to it and learning how to deal with it, yuck!
wow! thanks for sharing. that is the stuff I would NEVER think about having to deal with. Gives a great picture into what I am sure are the MANY struggles of adjusting!
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