Did you know that if you are walking in the rain, and you are too near the curb, when cars drive by at speed you will get drenched?
Well, hell, I didn't. Call me a slow learner, (you in the back, stop pointing and snickering), but I expected carrying an umbrella would be enough to keep me dry.
I need an umbrella for my pants? Seriously? Must I go back to thinking of rubbers in nonsexual terms? Truly, the fact I was continually bathed by traffic didn't bother me as much as the hysterical laughter. C'mon, Seattle, wet former Phoenicians are not that funny.
My shoes, socks and pants were soaked. My legs and feet were chilled, and the squishing sound I made when I took a step emanated from my feet, not my shoes. Hiking shoes, I might add, although they did nothing for the miniature lakes of the U District. I realize it seems petty to complain about the natural phenomenon Seattle is most known for, but I do despise this weather, and it's not even winter yet. Right about now I really miss my car. Didn't I tell you? I turned it in; I grew weary of the repo man paying courtesy calls at 4 in the morning. At that hour it's not so much a courtesy as an invitation to a bitch slapping contest.
I get wet waiting for the bus, I get wet on the walk to work, I get wet on the walk home...face it, even my enthusiasm is dampened.I am becoming more and more certain SAD is a real illness, and not just a term coined by mental health professionals so they can write prescriptions and offer treatment. When I was a kid, we didn't have neat little illnesses like that. If we were hyperactive, we were called kids and given comic books with lots of colorful pictures to read instead of AA Milne.
If we occasionally got depressed, we weren't bipolar, we were bummed.The only issues in our lives were dad's Playboy collection. Baggage was something we packed to go on vacation. Our mantra wasn't,"I'm not happy",it was "Far out, man!"
Well, it was for my group anyway.
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2 comments:
Get yourself one of those Hellly Hanson Nor'easter rain suits - you'll be the envy of all and impervious to car splashes. I used to think SAD was a bunch of CRAP, but I've noticed I want to use the BB gun a lot more on rainy days lately, so maybe there's something to it.
maybe you should move back to phoenix ;)
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