Wide open

That is what my windows are right now, wide open. And they have been all day long. We are in the midst of moving to our new office building so I am working from home today. My apartment had been smelling a little musty lately so opened the bedroom sliding glass door to let in some fresh air this morning and quickly realized what that it was going to be a beautiful day. The sun is shining, there is a nice breeze, and there is little humidity (by Singapore standards) - all of the criteria necessary to have the windows open. It is a rare occurrence in Singapore to have the trifecta of sun, breeze, and low humidity. Typically if we get low humidity it is because a big storm is about to blow in so you don't want the windows open.

The entire day has been like this and I am loving it! I wish I could find a way to share the weather with all of you over the blog. Although most of you have cooler temps right now and I am extremely jealous over that.

This is reminding me a bit of those few breaks in the hot August temperatures of North Carolina. It is probably a little warmer than you'd normally like it to be inside your house but your baseline is off because it has been so hot and humid for so long.

And the breeze...it is just so nice. I am not sure why but I am having so much fun today watching my curtains blow in and out of the windows (there aren't a lot of bugs here so we don't have screens). I am lucky that my building has an interior courtyard because this allows for windows on the front and backside of my apartment which encourages a great cross-breeze. The one downfall to this breeze is that it is blowing little dust tumbleweeds out from under the sofas and my bed...whoops, I may need to do some better cleaning this weekend.

I haven't even minded the street noise. I'm on the 5th floor but on a hill so I can hear traffic most of the day. It's not a super busy street but gets pretty consistent traffic especially during working hours. When I rented this place I was a bit worried but have gotten used to it and don't really notice it much. It certainly is louder today with the windows open but I'm kind of happy to hear it. I know that sounds weird but it reminds me I'm living in a city and having this fun experience.