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Shoulda Worn the Boots
*squelch*
Heh. Every time I look outside and think 'It looks wet; I'll wear the boots', the rain (or snow, or whatever) stops, and I end up hurting my feet for nothing. (My rain boots are a bit too big for me... my feet ache if I walk too far while wearing them.) On the other hand, if I look outside and think 'Naaaaah, sneakers will be fine', the moment I step outside everything turns to slush and I end up with VERY cold, wet feet.
Take today, for example...
I looked out my window this morning, and it was snowing; the sort of fat, lazy, fluffy snowflakes that I've learned *usually* mean we'll get a little 'dry' snow. Easy to walk in, doesn't seep into the shoes, no need for boots. So, I put on my sneakers and toddled off to class. During the three hours I was in class, however, I got to watch the pretty white sprinkles outside turn into a howling snowstorm, occasionally interrupted by hail. That wasn't really a problem... I got back to the dorm without any squelching happening... but then the snow etc. stopped, and I made the mistake of going shopping without changing my shoes.
Biiiiig mistake. *heh* As soon as I got on the bus, the hail and sleet started again. By the time I got OFF the bus, there was a couple of inches of squelchy wet hail piled up everywhere, defeating the best efforts of Kanazawa's road-clearance sprinkler thingies. (The sprinklers do great versus snow, but heavy wet hail takes a bit more shifting, I guess.) A lot of the bigger shops have similar sprinkler systems on the paths outside, and the hail on the roads and paths was all packed up into dams holding back big lakes of slushy half-melted goo... more than deep enough to completely soak my socks. Especially since one of those lakes was cunningly situated right in the middle of a pedestrian crossing. Trust me, in Japan, jaywalking is a baaaaad idea! Japanese drivers only stop for pedestrians on zebra crossings about one-third of the time, so they certainly won't stop for you if you stray off it trying to keep your feet dry. So, I didn't stray, and I walked through that puddle, and I skidded and fell down in a *different* puddle, and I got soggy. Methinks I have also sprained my tailbone or something, but nothing drastic. Oddly enough, I kept being happy through all this. *heh!*
And now, I am going to go and have a nice hot shower, while trying to work out who I should hire to do a rain dance (hail dance?) and move all this mess to water the fires in Australia...
Heh. Every time I look outside and think 'It looks wet; I'll wear the boots', the rain (or snow, or whatever) stops, and I end up hurting my feet for nothing. (My rain boots are a bit too big for me... my feet ache if I walk too far while wearing them.) On the other hand, if I look outside and think 'Naaaaah, sneakers will be fine', the moment I step outside everything turns to slush and I end up with VERY cold, wet feet.
Take today, for example...
I looked out my window this morning, and it was snowing; the sort of fat, lazy, fluffy snowflakes that I've learned *usually* mean we'll get a little 'dry' snow. Easy to walk in, doesn't seep into the shoes, no need for boots. So, I put on my sneakers and toddled off to class. During the three hours I was in class, however, I got to watch the pretty white sprinkles outside turn into a howling snowstorm, occasionally interrupted by hail. That wasn't really a problem... I got back to the dorm without any squelching happening... but then the snow etc. stopped, and I made the mistake of going shopping without changing my shoes.
Biiiiig mistake. *heh* As soon as I got on the bus, the hail and sleet started again. By the time I got OFF the bus, there was a couple of inches of squelchy wet hail piled up everywhere, defeating the best efforts of Kanazawa's road-clearance sprinkler thingies. (The sprinklers do great versus snow, but heavy wet hail takes a bit more shifting, I guess.) A lot of the bigger shops have similar sprinkler systems on the paths outside, and the hail on the roads and paths was all packed up into dams holding back big lakes of slushy half-melted goo... more than deep enough to completely soak my socks. Especially since one of those lakes was cunningly situated right in the middle of a pedestrian crossing. Trust me, in Japan, jaywalking is a baaaaad idea! Japanese drivers only stop for pedestrians on zebra crossings about one-third of the time, so they certainly won't stop for you if you stray off it trying to keep your feet dry. So, I didn't stray, and I walked through that puddle, and I skidded and fell down in a *different* puddle, and I got soggy. Methinks I have also sprained my tailbone or something, but nothing drastic. Oddly enough, I kept being happy through all this. *heh!*
And now, I am going to go and have a nice hot shower, while trying to work out who I should hire to do a rain dance (hail dance?) and move all this mess to water the fires in Australia...
See
As for moving the snow to Australia, there is the Snow God.. see, mah buddy lon_sama and I regularly sacrifice the fat children we have locked in the shed in the back of her house to this diety, always with good results. Shall I pass a message on?