I have been in California for a year now and in all these days today we got rain - I mean a rain like we used to get back home in India. Previously it used to be just a spray of water and that too lasted for few hours.
For me rain means a good downpour. I still remember when I was in my sixth standard we had such heavy rains that my school was closed for 5-6 days. It was like having summer holidays all over again! But the best days were when we used to walk to the school and then at the school gate watchman used to say “school is closed today!” We had many days like that, I loved getting drenched in rain, used to have umbrella but it was treated like any other toy and it obviously did do its work J When I get back home mum used to get so mad, she would use few colorful words towards the school and then I used to get earful for getting drenched. Like all mothers she was worried that I will get fever, but as far as I remember I never got fever because of rain.
Here the rains are not same. It gets so cold, right now its 8 deg centigrade and the wind is make the cold unbearable. In this kind of climate no one would venture out to get drenched, no not even me J But I am writing this sitting in my balcony! The wind is picking up now and my hands are getting number… J I better get back in.
I am glad that it rained today, even though I dint get drenched I did get to enjoy the pitter patter of rain J
