So, this morning I wake up and realize I have to move my car, due to street cleaning. And I walked outside to a little drizzle but coated with a good bit of rain, but it was walkable. On the walk to the car I thought to myself how much I loved rainy days. I love the smell, the newly cleaned streets, the freshness of them.
And then I went to lunch... the rain had started to come down heavy. There were lakes forming at intersections as it came down in sideways sheets. I made the mistake of walking up to Boloco in the rain, and it was okay with the wind at my back, but the wind didn't change directions and the walk back to the office I had to walk directly into the sideways rain. And it occurred to me that rain is really different out here than it was in Oregon.
One of the things about Oregon and the reason it stays so green all year round is because it rains all the time. We don't have a lot of sideways rain in Oregon, but it might drizzle all day. It will probably drizzle at least 4 days a month for most of the year. But in Boston, the rain comes hard and fast and a lot at one time. I think I prefer Oregon rain...
