Today was a strange day...
This morning it was pooring rain. Usually when it rains here, it rains in the afternoons. Also, it mostly only rains hard for a short time. Today, the rain continued to fall for a while.
We were hoping to do something outside if it was overcast today. However, due to the rain, we decided to go to the Singapore Science Center.
We called a taxi cab to pick us up, and we headed out. Brandon was starting to get fussy this morning, and by the time we got in the cab, he was having a meltdown. I thought that once we left the house, he would calm down. Didn't happen. Brandon continued to scream in the cab, so ten minutes into the cab ride, we told the driver to just take us to the Forum. The rain was still coming down hard, and the road was down to one lane. The traffic was horrendous! About fifteen minutes later, Brandon was still going ballistic. At that point, we just told the cab driver to take us home. So, we spent about 45 minutes and ten dollars to go nowhere. Oh, well.
When we got home, Brandon was still throwing a fit, so I took him in his bedroom, and he fell asleep. So strange. He was sleeping by 11 am, and his nap isn't usually until 1 pm or even later. This was the fussiest I think Brandon has ever been. Of course, I worried that he was sick. But, after his nap, he was so hungry that he just kept eating all afternoon. I think our little man might be going through a growth spurt. He is probably just more tired than normal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOFzJ940Bt0
So, we got about 100 mm of rain in 2 hours (about 4 inches). That is more rain than Singapore averages for the entire month of June! Orchard Road flooded, as the video link and picture show. I think we definitely made the right call to skip the science center. We'll definitely go another day. It wasn't a good day for Brandon, and it wasn't a good day to be out needing a cab.
This afternoon, we walked to Clarke Quay and took Brandon to Royce Gym. When we got home, Jo, Jessie, and Jake stopped by for a short visit before bedtime.
Just a very weird, but good, day!
