Joel Soi?

We lived for 7 years on a street in the U.S. called Joel Court. (No we did not name our second son after a street! LOL) Every year during the summer rains, the street flooded and the rising water gave the effect of lake front property. Of course, the kids were tempted to wade in it, but sewer water was a big turn-off to their mama. All they could do was race their newspaper boats on the draining waters. No one ever told us that it flooded like that.

Flash forward (haha) to today. It's rainy season in Thailand. We live on a soi (Thai for street) and, well, no one told us about the flash flooding, marble-sized hail, and water approaching our doorstep!! As we watched our shoes float around the front yard, we wondered if we'd be bailing out of the livingroom soon! Fortunately, we made it through dry. The neighbors on the next soi were not so fortunate...We'll keep you updated...