The Rain

Today it’s raining. Dealing with rain here is a major hassle. Drainage is not very good, which is forgivable considering it only rains a few inches every year in the winter. The uneven terrain doesn’t help either and some of the stairways and streets can turn into rivers. Even our street, which is in a relatively flat area, has a foot of standing water in it. The streets and sidewalks here are also paved differently, so they get really slippery when wet, like when it’s slushy back home. Just last week I fell down a small flight of stairs in the rain. Thus getting around is not fun. Even though it might not be good for us, there has been very little rain this winter. They’ve been praying for the rain at mosques and so all the locals are pretty happy about this.