The State of Emergency
As the LBC has been in a state of emergency for a few days now, I've had a lot of exposure to more rain than I've ever experienced at one time. I've decided that it has several benefits, as well as many drawbacks. To review:
GOOD THINGS ABOUT ALL THE RAIN:
-It's making everything really green. Greener than ever.
-We get to see people we know on the news a few times a night (last night: Colin's dad, my Grade 7 PDR teacher/B-dot's current Deputy Mayor, and Jack Wentzell)
-The farmers might not have so many drought problems this summer, which would be a welcome change.
-I kind of like that as much technology as we have, we can still be so vulnerable to natural forces.
-Saving on sunscreen
-Seeing manhole fountains on King Street is a pretty trippy experience.
-Cars are all clean.
BAD THINGS ABOUT ALL THE RAIN:
-Duh.... umm, there's some flooding.... seriously bad news.
-My cat hasn't been outside for a week, and she's pretty overweight. I hate denying her the opportunity to be active.
-My dog smells perpetually bad and he's still as cuddly as ever.
-The flooding
-People are starting to go kind of loopy from lack of sunlight
-Seeing manhole fountains on King Street is also a pretty frightening experience
-Restriction to indoors.
-I've been wearing the same outerwear for seemingly ages. Getting tired of it.
-DID I MENTION THE FLOODING?!?!?!?!
-Everyone's hair always looks a little worse than usual.
-Tug-of-War season will undoubtedly be later than we hoped in starting. No use practicing in either open water or mud.