I've stayed drier in a POOL

One day in the future if/when I have kids, I'll finally be able to tell them, "When I was your age I had to walk x miles in the snow."

Scratch that. In the rain.

As usual, it's a Monday so the 2008 bus strikes are continuing. However, figures the only day of the week there's a strike WOULD BE the wettest day of the week. And bear in mind you're reading the blog of someone who was hardcore enough to ride her bike in the rain to and from classes at UCSB! A little water doesn't scare me.

But, when I have to work in two different cities it does. You see, normally when it's pouring this hard, I just suck it up and rely on my umbrella to protect me to and from the bus stops. But, no bus, no dry. Instead, I was forced to walk 50 minutes BOTH WAYS to school.

And leave it to French drivers to make my day even more miserable than it already was. On the way back home, my entire route is uphill. That means streams of water are pouring down towards me in sizes and speeds that could probably rival the Loire itself. (That's probably NOT an exaggeration).

So while there are already pools of water raging down towards me, all the drives still refuse to adhere to right of ways. And I was almost hit twice. Luckily one bastard stalled his car stopping for me at the final second. Serves him right. Everyone else though sped up when they neared me, rolling their wheels through immense pools of water, spraying it all over my body.

I'm not joking with you right now: I have street water all over my face and clothes. Imagine oily and dirty cars rolling around in that mixture, plus whatever billions of dogs have already done their business on the road/sidewalks today. Actually, I don't want to think about that anymore.

So instead, I'm going to continue shivering as I futilely attempt to dry off my clothes and backpack, then I plan on taking a very long, hot shower.

Consider this a big F-YOU to the French government! You should not be allowed to strike when it's either a.) snowing or b.) raining HARD. If only I had a car....