It's Raining and I should be Happy in such Weather! But...

Since yesterday, it's been raining. Yesterday it was drizzling more than pouring. But then early morning today, I heard the heavy footprints of rains drops.

Drought is more typical of California than rain. Water has been a serious problem here for years now. But this year, it has been different. And the year end seems to be more different than anytime before. Looks like 2011 will be welcome with showers.

I was born in the rains. In July in Assam in India, where heavy rainfall is a way of life. And then over the years, have grown reading and seeing and experiencing floods. Have seen bamboo plant rafts during flash floods from the Brahmaputra in Dibrugarh while growing up.

But then, years later, when I spent a long time, another type of weather had dominated my life. Extremely hot, dry in summer, and cold in winter. So where was the rain? Occasional short spells that never continued over days. Like back in Assam.

And now, in California, the unending rains have brought back memory. Childhood, growing up years, etc etc. I should have been happy. Why not?

Because I am missing home. What to say? Parents, sisters, the sights and smells, the food and colors, the people and the festivals. It isn't easy to stay away from family.

A Warm Bath

Can anything be compared to a warm bath/shower after a day's work? If you have never experienced this aspect of life, please remember to give it a try. I recommend it for everyone. Whether one is a housewife, at-home-Mom, married-but without children, single Mom, Single Dad, and especially Moms with many kids and Dads with their hands full.

Any kind of work, whether it is inside the house or outside, whether it is in the kitchen, the bedroom, or the boardroom, results in some level of elimination of sweat and similar stuff after hours of it. And the hands might get stiff, the legs might get cramps, the neck might be bowed permanently, the back might develop an arch, the eyes might need higher power adjustment over the years. All these is the fee we pay for having and overused and stressed out body.

If only we had known how to relax, especially as easily as one can by just opening the shower, or dipping in the tub. Like washed clothes, we soak and clean up, and other systems in the body too clean up in the process. When we go to bed in the end, we are so relaxed that we don't toss and turn, we don't agonise over the day's unresolved issues. We return to the moment, back from our endless aimless mental journeys.

Try a warm bath. Tonight! Or in the evening. And let me know the results.