Three Things.
Weather:
Last night I had the flexcar after driving up to Vancouver and back, and I needed to park it in its space out at Millikan Way MAX Station. It actually goes next to a building about 70 meters away, and it just so happens that the space is under a tree.
When I parked the car and took out the key, opened the door, I was struck by the sound of rain hitting the pavement in the parking lot. It was a wash of sound, a precious gentle roar that simultaniously excited and soothed the senses. I stepped out of the car and stood, and watched as each heavy droplet of rainwater resounded off the pavement, bending the orange artificial light of streetlamps into a dance of shadows and reflections.
And ... I was shielded from most of the rain by standing next to the car under the treelimbs overhead. I was a nonparticipant, an observer. It was like I was involved in some kind of test or experiment, cataloging rainfall.
The rain slowed a bit, so I wandered over to the MAX station and found out that the first train of the morning wouldn't arrive until 3:40am or so, another half hour, so I decided to walk home and only stepped in two puddles on my way there.
Today, just about an hour ago it was raining hard and heavy, the sky was dark and oppressive, the rain drummed on the roof and splattered all over the pavement outside. It rained for a good 15 minutes like this. Then it stopped ... and the clouds thinned ... and the sun broke through, and it was blazingly bright because all the sunlight was bouncing up off the wet pavement. Too bright. The sunlight streamed in the windows while the trees continued to drip from that short deluge.
Work:
My new shift will be 9:30am-8:30pm Monday Wednesday Thursday Friday. I'd rather have [three days off in a row] or [two on/one off/two on/two off], but at least I'm getting off work a little earlier.
Car:
Last night I had the flexcar after driving up to Vancouver and back, and I needed to park it in its space out at Millikan Way MAX Station. It actually goes next to a building about 70 meters away, and it just so happens that the space is under a tree.
When I parked the car and took out the key, opened the door, I was struck by the sound of rain hitting the pavement in the parking lot. It was a wash of sound, a precious gentle roar that simultaniously excited and soothed the senses. I stepped out of the car and stood, and watched as each heavy droplet of rainwater resounded off the pavement, bending the orange artificial light of streetlamps into a dance of shadows and reflections.
And ... I was shielded from most of the rain by standing next to the car under the treelimbs overhead. I was a nonparticipant, an observer. It was like I was involved in some kind of test or experiment, cataloging rainfall.
The rain slowed a bit, so I wandered over to the MAX station and found out that the first train of the morning wouldn't arrive until 3:40am or so, another half hour, so I decided to walk home and only stepped in two puddles on my way there.
Today, just about an hour ago it was raining hard and heavy, the sky was dark and oppressive, the rain drummed on the roof and splattered all over the pavement outside. It rained for a good 15 minutes like this. Then it stopped ... and the clouds thinned ... and the sun broke through, and it was blazingly bright because all the sunlight was bouncing up off the wet pavement. Too bright. The sunlight streamed in the windows while the trees continued to drip from that short deluge.
Work:
My new shift will be 9:30am-8:30pm Monday Wednesday Thursday Friday. I'd rather have [three days off in a row] or [two on/one off/two on/two off], but at least I'm getting off work a little earlier.
Car:
- Jennifer at Portland Auto Wrecking wanted to know what the tow truck looked like.
- The car was towed in the middle of December last year. I hardly expected anyone to remember what the tow truck looked like.
- The receptionist at Cooper's said it was a white towtruck, probably a hispanic driver. The vehicle was white and she doesn't remember if it has an emblem on it ... she said it wasn't Beaver, Newhouse or Speed towing.