It's all the "whining weatherman's" fault. He mentioned taht the dewpoint was down 'cause of the outflow from thunderstorms that were near us, but that the storms were in counties x, y, and z. Otherwise, when I walked out the door and it was strikingly, delightfully cooler than it should have been, I'd have said to self, "That must mean those clouds there have RAIN in them." I considered the possibility, and the fact that I was picking up my computer... and proceeded.
Put 'puter in case, put case in backpack, started out. Saw dark clouds. Self said, "THose have rain in them." Self said back, "Yea, but it's just a couple clouds. They'll go some other direction. THey almost always do." (Did not, at that point, think, "But then, why is it all cool and stuff?")
Rain started. Self said, "Here's DUnkin' DOnuts." PUlled in. Asked for plastic bag. Lady smiled at got one. Put plastic bag over backpack. Did n't try to totally cover it - figured it was too big and that the rain was already abating.
Saw big fat umbrella wide open in middle of road. Pulled off and put kickstand down to at least remove it. In middle of road, hear "crash!" because that heavy computer is not on the kickstand side of bike. Backpack is in gutter, with river of water flowing around and through.
LIft bike. Fold up bumpershoot and place on grass. Ride to school. (Reason I had to bring 'puter: left text for online class at school. Could not do final project anyway last night, discovered *after* pouring Pete's nasty, warm, leftover coffee into body which never drinks coffee.)
The dang thing is unscathed. Prob'ly because it was still o n, and like most laptops, pretty warm.
So now I have to go see what I can do with this little project for the next hour. LEaving now...
