Rain

In a recent letter my dad asked, "has there been any rain!??" Funny Dad! There has been so much rain that last time i did laundry it wasn't able to dry for about three days because every time it came anywhere close to drying the rain started up again. sometimes it rains and pounds the tin roof on my classroom so hard that I can't even hear myself speak, much less teach. however, all the rain has been good for my tomato, cucumber, eggplant, and watermelon starts that i got a few weeks ago from the taiwanese farmers at the world food fair (tiny event with a couple stands in town). even though my parents couldn't ever get me to work in the garden back in the day, the green thumb must have rubbed off on me somehow because they are doing well!