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Got caught in a rainstorm today.
Jun. 13th, 2007 12:02 am
We were at soccer (soccer!) and there were only 10 minutes left, but it was getting dark out. I took out my phone to call my mom to ask what the forecast was for rain. She gets on the phone, I go "Hi, I was just-" and I see the lightning in Jersey, between two buildings. I hate lightning, and right on the water, too! "Nevermindgoinghomebye!"
Grabbed Ana up, assured her that soccer was over for everyone and got approximately 200 feet before the sky opened up.
40 minutes later or so, it finally stopped. I'm actually glad I decided not to wait at the Hunger Memorial - a tiny, cramped spot, open on both ends, with two young children and a whole crowd of people? If the baby, at least, were older it might be kinda fun, but as it was... I prefered getting soaked. Ana got soaked and loved it (mostly). The baby did not get totally soaked, being up on me (we kept each other dry where it touched, and her back stayed mostly dry as well, god knows how), but she alternated between terrified sobbing (aw) and what sounded like genuine laughter. Maybe she was putting on a brave face, I don't know.
Naturally, of course, this all happened only half an hour after I caved and bought a pair of sunglasses for Ana to replace the ones I left at home.
And here's a question. Ana has been complaining a lot lately about the light hurting her eyes. Given that her mom and my mom have a history of migraines and light sensitivity, I naturally take this very seriously, and was careful to tell her parents. But I'm also pretty sure that some of it, she's complaining because she likes the reaction - like when she said the light from the ceiling hurt her eyes, I don't think she was serious. I've instituted a new rule for our trips that on sunny days, she wears her sunglasses and they stay on (or if she takes them off, she brings them directly to me so they can't get lost), but I'm wondering - how sensitive is it possible or probable that her eyes are? It's not anything that ever bothered me, brightness of lights, so I don't know how to gauge this.
(This enforced sunglasses-wearing is bound to come in handy, anyway. Everybody on Jenn's side of the family (that's my side!) has bad eyes, at least, and that's genetic, isn't it? So if she ends up needing real glasses (and she ought to get her eyes checked sooner than later, Jenn, weren't you on top of that?), she'll be in the practice of wearing them anyway.)
Grabbed Ana up, assured her that soccer was over for everyone and got approximately 200 feet before the sky opened up.
40 minutes later or so, it finally stopped. I'm actually glad I decided not to wait at the Hunger Memorial - a tiny, cramped spot, open on both ends, with two young children and a whole crowd of people? If the baby, at least, were older it might be kinda fun, but as it was... I prefered getting soaked. Ana got soaked and loved it (mostly). The baby did not get totally soaked, being up on me (we kept each other dry where it touched, and her back stayed mostly dry as well, god knows how), but she alternated between terrified sobbing (aw) and what sounded like genuine laughter. Maybe she was putting on a brave face, I don't know.
Naturally, of course, this all happened only half an hour after I caved and bought a pair of sunglasses for Ana to replace the ones I left at home.
And here's a question. Ana has been complaining a lot lately about the light hurting her eyes. Given that her mom and my mom have a history of migraines and light sensitivity, I naturally take this very seriously, and was careful to tell her parents. But I'm also pretty sure that some of it, she's complaining because she likes the reaction - like when she said the light from the ceiling hurt her eyes, I don't think she was serious. I've instituted a new rule for our trips that on sunny days, she wears her sunglasses and they stay on (or if she takes them off, she brings them directly to me so they can't get lost), but I'm wondering - how sensitive is it possible or probable that her eyes are? It's not anything that ever bothered me, brightness of lights, so I don't know how to gauge this.
(This enforced sunglasses-wearing is bound to come in handy, anyway. Everybody on Jenn's side of the family (that's my side!) has bad eyes, at least, and that's genetic, isn't it? So if she ends up needing real glasses (and she ought to get her eyes checked sooner than later, Jenn, weren't you on top of that?), she'll be in the practice of wearing them anyway.)
