It's raining now, still not that cold, but raining. The rain really doesn't seem bad when you contrast it with the problems with water elsewhere in the world. I've never been quite so freaked out by any natural disaster as I am (still) by the tsunamis in the Indian Ocean. Part of the reason for this is because CNN Int. is covering the disaster for 25 minutes in a half hour, and the Iraq bombing and Ukraine election in the other minute not given to ads. If I want news, I have to confront the disaster.
Most natural disasters a person can prepare for, but this one most have really been horrible. You've had a great Christmas, say, and you're sleeping in on the 26th in this really nice little beachside hut you got for a week on Phuket. You wake up when you here this booming sound, and think "Whe--Where'd the roof go?" Then the water drags you out to sea, and if you don't hit any debris, you're probably stuck a mile out by the time it's all over. And that's it. That's the end. Not just of a great vacation, but--unless you're a particularly good swimmer and very lucky--life. And then there are the tens of thousands who lost their livelihoods. It really gives me the shudders, 4 days later.
But, fortuantely, I have rain to deal with, and it's been raining since yesterday. It makes the choices necessary during a stay-at-home vacation awfully easy. I just stay at home, until I need to shop or visit the internet club. Then I hustle off and maybe buy a duner on the way for a snack. The time at home I spend cleaning, reading, and doing masses of laundry. It's all very relaxing and just what I was looking for.
Posted by Rob at December 29, 2004 06:29 PM