I brought the heat back from Taipei

So remember my post entitled "Melting" where I lamented on the heat and humidity in Taipei? I came back Tuesday afternoon and was greeted by temperature in the 70's in San Francisco, but it got to the 80's by the time we reached the South Bay, and it was in the low 90's yesterday. Since the weather was temperate and cool all the days prior to my arrival, my brother claims that I must have brought this heat wave back with me to the U.S. It is in the high 80's today, but at least it is a dry heat, and for that I am thankful.

In actuality, it was scorching hot my first week in Taipei, and then it cooled down the second week because of the rains. Rain or shine, it was very humid, so humid that paper gets soft and a bit moist from absorbing moisture in the air - not enough to wring out drops of water, but you can definitely feel a dampness, like when you pull out a dollar bill after it's been through the washing machine. I've been taking dry paper for granted all these years.