This morning we had a faculty meeting at 8:15 am. I also, having lost my grasp on good time management skills, had to stop at the library to pick up a book for an article that was due yesterday. So, I went to 7-11 to get some coffee and they were out - yes, you heard right, 7-11 was out of coffee. And instead of making more, the creepy Indian guy just stared at me as I held up the empty pot and raised my eyebrows at him.
As I got on the road again, I realized that I was driving toward a VERY dark grey cloud. The radio said that there was a 60% chance of showers with clouds clearing by midmorning and a sunny afternoon. Well, being from Seattle, I always have an umbrella, so I figured "eh, whatever." As I drove the two miles from stupid 7-11 to the library 30 minute parking, I the clouds came and blocked out what little sunlight was streaming through the clouds at 7:30am.
As I went in the library and got my book, the self-checkout wasn't working and gave me a message to see the attendant at the desk. He didn't speak English well and seemed annoyed that the self checkout wouldn't work. He finally grunted through checking out my books and then said, "Usually there are student workers at the circulation desk. It's too early. Usually we don't check out students at the help desk." Big whoop, dude. It's 7:30 and no one is around. And I'm not a student so check yoself!
Ok, so I come out and it's raining. Fine, I use my umbrella, and on the 100 meter walk from the library to the car it started sideways raining, my favorite kind of stupid, annoying rain. By the time I got to the other side of campus, it was raining even harder and the longer I waited the worse it got, so I finally just made a run for it. When I finally got in, my pants were literally dripping wet, my shoes were soupy, and I was cold for hours since my pants took forever to dry.
I have to say that being from the PNW I'm used to rain, but to clear up any confusion, Seattle rain is like a baby kitty drooling on your shoulders. Not enough to warrant an umbrella but too much not to at least cover your head. Sure it does that most of the winter, but these Texas morning thunderstorms are brutal. I don't like it. And of course, as soon as I got in, the clouds passed. Stupid sideways rain, I hate you.
