Tut tut, looks like rain

You know how in the movies a person will be standing on the side of the road and a car will drive by and splash the person with water? 

That definitely happened to me today. 

It has been raining for a few days now.  This morning, I had to be at work at 0530.  (Ridiculous, I know)  Thankfully, John Ralph dropped me off, but when I left, I had to walk back to the bus stop.  It was drizziling when I started, and about 5 minutes into my 30 minute walk the bottom fell out of the cloud.  By the time I got to the bus stop, my lower half was soaked and I could pour water out of my shoes. 

I get off the bus right by a bridge.  Side note:  Last year, downtown Vicenza flooded, so I'm hoping it doesn't happen again.  Anyway, because the bus stop is by the bridge, a lot of the street water runs to that area.  I had to hop over a large puddle to get off of the bus, and while I was standing there opening my umbrella another bus drove right through that puddle and the puddle splashed right onto me.  Had I not already been soaking wet, I would have probably been a little upset, but I couldn't help but laugh at the whole situation. 

When I was little, I had a pair of "Christopher Robin" boots (galoshes) that I seriously wore everywhere.  I think it may be time for me to invest in another pair of boots so the next time I get splashed by a dirty street puddle I don't turn into a "little black rain cloud".
 

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