It’s starting to feel like fall. Ever since last week’s typhoon, the weather has been (relatively) cool, and the sun hasn’t come out at all. I don’t know what the actual temperature is, but it feels like in the evening it’s dropping below 80F, and combined with the constant state of overcast, I can almost convince myself that fall here feels like fall at home. I’m really looking forward to winter, though. I don’t think the trees will change color, but the air already has an almost crisp quality to it, despite being still warm, and that has left me hopeful that winter here will *actually* feel like fall at home.
/fingers crossed
Tonight we are awaiting the arrival of a super-typhoon. This one may actually be dangerous, as opposed to the last two, but we’re looking forward to it. Why would we anticipate such a thing? Honestly, because we need the sleep. Lisbeth’s been sick off and on basically since we got to Taiwan, I’m sick now, and I have pink eye. Argh, little kids. You know what causes the initial infection, right? Disgusting.
So now that we have internet access, we have enough TV shows to get us through a massive storm, provided the electricity holds. Speaking of which, I’ve heard the water can stop sometimes. Note to self: fill the bathtub when you finish typing.
In other news, (drum roll… ) we’ve sold our house! Yay, no more money being sent home to keep an unoccupied house from being confiscated by the bank! Also, we can afford a scooter now, so we don’t have to wait a half-hour for the bus, or walk to school. It’s a whole, grueling MILE. Okay, so that’s not so bad. But when there’s traffic, the almost complete lack of sidewalks is annoying, to say the least.
That’s all I have tonight, I’m tired and my eyes hurt. The previously promised smells will come soon, though I’ve adjusted to them enough that I don’t know if I can do their initial impact justice.
‘Cause we just got ADSL. As a direct consequence, I’m going to continue the lack of legitimate updates for a while, so I can catch up with boingboing, slashdot, and the lives of cats with things stuck to their heads. Also walruses.