It's raining, it's pouring...

We've been living in the UAE since the end of August last year, and were honestly astounded to wake up on Sunday morning and see that the sky wasn't blue and the sun wasn't shining... No, instead we had UK-type grey skies and that imminent feeling that rain was coming - it didn't disappoint. It has been pouring for the past two days now (and George W. Bush paid us a visit yesterday - well not us personally, thank heavens! Quite a week!)
Well, what an experience... There is water EVERYWHERE. As you can see, our garden is completely waterlogged and there is just nowhere for the water to go, as Dubai is ill-equipped to deal with this kind of problem, seeing as rain is pretty scarce on the whole. We woke up this morning to find the playroom upstairs under a few inches of water ( I sensed something was wrong when Josh walked to the bathroom for his morning pee and ended up sliding on his bum down the passage!) It's been quite a morning getting all the water out - the drain on our balcony was blocked so the only place for the water out there to go was IN! Fun!
As for driving, well "hazardous" and "treacherous" are two words that come to mind. I went to fetch Josh from school earlier, normally a 15-minute journey, and arrived there an hour later. People have no clue how to drive in rain, and besides, the roads are like rivers. For the first time I felt like I really could justify driving around in my fuel-guzzling 4x4, as "regular" cars were getting carried away by the water! (Well, aside from the times ramping up onto the pavement is handy when there is nowhere else to park!!)

It's been quite an eventful day all round. Just hope it stops raining soon. Come back searing heat and humidity - I miss you!!!