The First Rain of the Monsoon

I am sitting here with the door open to the terrace after having the luck to be apart of the first rain of the monsoon. I saw the dark line of clouds entering in from afar and figured I'd hang outside just in case. It was worth it.

There were hundreds of different species of birds flying around and going crazy. I figured they knew something was coming. Not a few minutes later did the first few drops start to fall. I was THRILLED. You hear about the beginning of the monsoon and how you definitely know when it happens, but, you could be teaching or sleeping or something and totally miss it. I stood there and got soaked for a bit and then came inside to enjoy the development of the storm. And little by little the rain has gotten harder, thunder is getting louder, and I have gone from "Wow! Rain!" to "Wow.... REALLY HARD rain".... I had forgotten how torrential this stuff is. 7 months without any precipitation and no wonder people get excited. It feels great. Fresh. Cleansing. And it's crazy to think it will be going on like this well into the months we begin teaching again in the fall.

I just heard a few cheers from the streets below when it started to absolutely pour, soon followed by the angry drivers honking their horns at the traffic that just got a lot worse. Ironic that I brought my umbrella home from school today. Good thing too!

And now... um... I better go... it's lightening like crazy and it MUST be monsoon because the rain is coming in sideways through the terrace door and getting me wet about 5 feet away....

Rachel