Rainy Day

This morning as I was walking to campus in the rain it reminded me of a rainy morning in Japan that happened to me a few years ago...

It was the rainy season in Japan (which usually lasts from early May to late June/early July) and I needed to walk to the BOE (Board of Education) office for work that morning.  Now I didn't live very far from the office, in fact it was less than a 7 minute walk from my apartment to the city offices.  So I wasn't too concerned about the rain, getting a little wet would not a problem because I had a wonderful umbrella!  What I forgot to take into account would be the puddles in the road.
So I am walking along the street on the sidewalk and along came a car that sprayed the puddle up onto the sidewalk.  I saw that and thought, "if I walk on the far side of the sidewalk I should be fine."  Boy was I wrong, no sooner did I move out of the way than another car came and proceeded to splash me from the knees down.  That is not too bad, legs can dry.
Now I am waiting at the light to cross and walk down the street to get to the office.  The intersection had a pool of water, probably enough to fill a kiddy pool or five!  And every car made a beeline straight for that pool of water, in an attempt that could only be on purpose to get me wet!  Maybe it was a new game that I was unaware of and the drivers thought I wanted to play too!  Needless to say I was drenched from the waist down (front and back) and on my right side from my shoulder down!
Now you might say, "but you live so close, just go back for fresh clothes," that would be an option except I was running late that day (big shocker right, I know because I'm always early!) and needed to get the lead out.  As I walk in to the office, all of the nice Office Ladies ask me what happened and then they proceed to pull out hand towels so I can dry off!  Why do they keep hand towels in their desks?  At the time I was really grateful for those hand towels, but now that i think about it... am I the only one who thinks that is odd?

~ Adventures in Anything & Everything