so, what did you do tonight?

6:19 finish group run. note that the dropping temps throughout made for an enjoyable trek. appreciate being active. feel good.

6:20 note that the sky is getting very dark and comment out loud that, against all odds, i've never actually run in the rain. weird right?

6:22 hurry to car as wind picks up and sky continues to grow dark. still slightly lament not getting to run in the rain, but begin to head home. at least the drive back is always faster than the rush-hour-timed drive there, right?

6:24 wrong. find myself in a real, actual downpour. traffic is stopped. realize that this ride home is going to take way, way too long.

best use of the stop and go (and red light)

6:29 listen to radio announcer say that the storm is carrying wind gusts of up to 70 mph. wonder if my car can handle said gusts. wondering if my body can handle said gusts should they happen to hit between the time that i am in my car and in my apartment.

6:30 decide probably not. at least on that latter count.

6:34 wonder what will happen if my car doesn't make it through some of the deep, standing water that has gathered at these intersections. continue driving, because it looks even deeper in either direction i might pull off to stop.

6:48 finally arrive at my parking space. verify that there is no umbrella in my car.

6:50 walk the two blocks from my car to my apartment building in torrential downpour. grimace at the water on the sidewalks and the edges of the streets that comes up well over my ankles and is starting to develop into miniature rapids. give up trying to run through it.

6:52 fall a little bit more in love with my neighborhood because at least a dozen people have come outside to actively play in the rain. smile in spite of myself.

6:56 arrive inside apartment completely safe and completely, completely drenched

end of a rainy walk home