Rainy Weather at Least Equals Low UV Index

I live in Texas, where there’s been a pattern of rainy weather moving in. Fortunately, I don’t live in Houston, which has been inundated with 20 inches of rain and counting in the last week or so. Texas has been in a long-term drought situation for a number of years. In fact, when I moved here seven years ago (wait, how in the world has it been just a week and a half shy of seven years already??), we were in the grip of a super long stretch of no rain and 100 degree temps that lasted from May until September. But the cycle of flooding has returned to the Lone Star State.

Here in Austin, we’ve gotten some rain – enough to make the streets wet and the humidity levels to rise – but other than that, nothing to be too concerned about yet. And I’m trying to tell myself that the gloomy, overcast skies are actually beneficial for someone like me – someone who tries to hide from the strongest UV rays now. Someone who could use a break from dashing into the shadows on the walk to and from work. Someone who is already paranoid about all of these little pink spots that keep popping up on various patches of skin.

Days like today, when it looks like the whole world is underwater, are good for me, right? No need to slather on sunscreen because even though I’m going to sit in an office all day, I may be a little too close to the window. No need for the mad dash to the shadows; but I suppose I’m still dashing madly to get out of the falling rain and the lightning makes me scurry even faster than the sun does. Yes, rainy weather is good for those of us wondering if/when the melanoma will return. At least, that’s what I try to tell myself when all I want to do is curl into a blanket and sleep until blue skies return.