In the pouring rain...

For two days we had fog and mist. I consider that the most miserable weather there is. Now we have had 12 hours or so of pouring rain. And except for the flood watch, it is a great improvement.

Each morning before 6am as I drive to the gym, a group of men gather outside the temp agency. This is an agency of day laborers. Perhaps they place clerical staff from that office, but in the dark of a January morning the clientele is a bit rougher.

I wonder about these men that gather here, particularly on a day like today in the pouring rain. Do they prefer to work this way? Their dedication and willingness to work puts them on the street at an ungodly hour - does no one want them permanently, or do they not want permanence?

It's dark and I'm driving past so I don't know if the cast changes daily. But I think about them and wonder, just a little.