Weather in San Diego

The mundane morning drive to work was transmuted into a wonderful experience. Water droplets rode up the windshield due to the aerodynamics of the car and then trickled down as though they drained out as if flowing out of capillaries on the window pane. With M S Subbulakshmi playing in the background, the car was heading into a reduced visibility zone created by the wake of heavy vehicles ahead of me. It was blissful. In hindsight, I'm thankful a flash of red lights broke me from my reverie and made me slam the brakes!

The central air conditioning unit outside building Q hissed and the difference in temperature and the density of steam and rainfall was captured as a wonderful sight! I thought I was tele-ported to Darjeeling all of a sudden. As unbounded enthusiasm swept through me, I could have well abandoned all my work and sipped hot tea under the shade as I watched the downpour. As luck would have it, I ended up in an office room without windows 30 seconds hence :-(

To say that San Diego is experiencing the vagaries of weather might be a little extreme. But it is the first rain San Diego has received in the last 6 months; and I'm liking it. The ensuing days after the rains bring with them a waft of cool breeze that momentarily erases, soothes and transcends all emotion.

I regard the moderate weather in San Diego as a blessing than a bore. That said, the rains are a welcome change so long as they don't end up inundating roads and affecting the quality of life.