Really, I like my commute!

Normally, I appreciate the fact that my commute to and from work does not involve getting in a car and driving. I like the walk to the bus stop, and the chance to read on the bus. But a few times each year the weather makes this commute really uncomfortable.

When I first got up this morning, I stuck my head out the door (to let the dog outside), and it was overcast, but not raining, with moderate temperatures. I knew the temperatures were supposed to drop dramatically through the day, so I chose my clothes with that in mind. What I didn't plan on was the rain. By the time I got showered and dressed, it the rain was coming down in buckets. My shoes had soaked through before I was halfway to the bus stop, and the wind was driving the rain in under my umbrella, so my pants were wet up to the knees. The final insult came just a few yards before the bus stop, when a car drove through a curbside puddle as it went past me, drenching me to the waist. I had avoided this up to that point, watching the cars, and timing my walk to avoid being next to the curbside puddles when the cars went by, but after turning the last corner to the bus stop, the wind was blowing straight at me, so I had my umbrella lowered in front of me and I didn't see this last car until it was too late.

I'm now sitting, damp and chilly, at my desk, waiting for my wife to drop the kids at school and come over with some dry clothes for me to change into. Thankfully, this rain is supposed to move out of the area by this afternoon, so I won't have to repeat this on the way home.

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