Weather Blues

Homesickness makes a reappearance. I've heard that it usually strikes around three months, six months, and nine months, and sure enough, I'm right on schedule.

It may have something to do with the weather, and I usually get a little blue in the winter anyway. For the last two-three weeks there has been a huge coldfront. You can see your breath, it's windy, and then there's the rain. I have a raincoat, but it doesn't do much on that 40-minute scooter commute to kindy.

This wouldn't be so bad, but Taiwan doesn't have central heating anywhere, so my clothes never seem to dry. I have a pair of gloves, but they've been wet for days, and show no signs of drying. It's too humid and I have no way to dry them. So after arriving and changing into only slightly damp clothes, I'm left to feel chilly and kinda wet all day. I only have so many clothes and with the dampness issue, nothing I own at this point is 100% dry. The only time I've been warm is in the shower and in bed. It's a little taxing so I've got a good case of the sniffles. Luckily, it's March so the coldness should break soon and we can get into the super humid blistering heat of summer. I'm not sure which one I like less. But the grey skies should clear soon and at least a little sun might dry out my clothes.

I realized that I'm used to driving a car so I've never really spent so much time exposed to the elements before. At the very least, getting wet wasn't ever an issue as you could be sure to find a heat source soon enough. I guess I'm learning a lot about the importance of proper rain gear, and the dangers of swamp foot. :)