You know that you are living in a drought foresaken place when it rains and the following takes place:
*The local radio refers to the downpour as 'a rain event'!
*Young children and baby animals get excited because they've never seen so much water in the one spot in their lives before!
*You don't feel guilty when you forget to redirect the washing machine water onto the lawn!
*There is a sell-out on umbrellas in the local store because no one can remember where they stored their old ones...it's been that long!
*The biggest topic of conversation around town is how much water your rain water tank took last night!
*People are standing in gutters and collecting the water run off in buckets (and yes, I actually saw this happening!)
*Everyone parks their cars out in driveway rather than in the garage as it's the first time in ages that it's had a good wash!
*The grass takes on a green tinge!
*And finally, what used to be a time when you walked around feeling gloomy and miserable has suddenly become a cause for celebration. The fact that our water catchment took 50mms of water overnight has everyone hopeful that more rain is on the way. Fingers crossed!
