So yeah it's going to be different moving from forest-y Pennsylvania to the hot dusty desert of Nevada but the changes are things that you wouldn't expect. While I thought it was weird that the neighbors ran outside to watch the rain I think I am already starting to understand. While I think they do it for different reasons, I now stare out the window intently when it happens as well. It rained the other day and I could not tear myself away, for me it was not because it is unusual here but because for some reason the thing I miss the most other than people is the sound of rain. In Pennsylvania it rains all the time, and It is so loud and heavy a good deal of the time it sounds like a monsoon. I don't sleep much but for some reason when I hear the rain its calming enough to allow sleep to come for a while I got used to it raining every night. Now I hear thunder and I think I am hallucinating, like... that cant possibly be rain... it doesn't rain here. Then again thunder doesn't mean its raining here, actually it normally doesn't rain if there is thunder. The other thing I have started to miss daily now is just trees, the color green. I have never lived somewhere without a yard of grass and trees surrounding and while there is a tree in the back yard... the rest is cactus and dust. It seems all I want to do is see a rolling expanse of green and then have rain pour down.
In a completely unrelated topic I am having trouble understanding the clothes that are being sold here. It is Summer..... and 105 degrees on a normal day. Go to get some clothes and they seem to only sell long pants and more than not the shirts are long sleeve and chiffon. If you are hot a good deal of the day why the hell would you want to be trapped in a long sleeve chiffon shirt. It's going to be similar to the feeling you get when walking through an unexpected spider web. But alas when there aren't any choices so it is going to be interesting to say the least. Only one of my shirts ended up being both chiffon and long sleeve so that one can be saved for a day that is a breezy 95 degree day lol.
The stores start selling Fall clothing sometime around mid-July. In the dead of Winter, they start selling Spring and Summer stuff. That's called getting ahead of the game. So if you want Summer clothing, you will have to wait till February, or sometime about then. LOL
ReplyDeleteI totally understand the lack of green, and how much you might miss it. It would drive me insane. I would never adjust to stone and sand and all that unending heat. But many people seem to like and I'm sure you will adjust.