Last Thursday, I left my house at 8:15am like I always do. I heard the rain pounding against the window and dreaded going outside. I stepped outside with my umbrella in hand and witnessed rain like i've never seen before. It was blowing in every direction and by the time I got to the bus stop, I was completely soaked. I was unable to get on the first two buses because they were so packed with people. Finally, I made it on the third. The traffic was horrendous and was moving at snail-pace. My bus-ride is usually about 20 minutes in the morning. I had to be to work by 9am, but we were moving inches at a time. 9 o'clock rolled around and I called work to tell them that I was running late, but would be there. After about 1 hour and 15 minutes of sitting on the bus, the bus driver came on and said, "in dietro" meaning, we're turning the bus around because it couldn't cross the road. I got off and was going to attempt walking the rest of the way to work, which would've been about a 15-minute walk in the torrential downpour. I walked about 100 meters only to find this:
I suppose that's the reason the bus couldn't cross the road. The water was almost up to the windows of these 2 cars under the bridge. It was impossible for me to cross the road to get to work, so I ended up calling and told them I couldn't make it. They completely understood and as it turned out, the person I had a lesson with called and cancelled as well. I've never seen such a crazy rain storm in my life!!
It was a blessing in disguise as I was then able to attend Giuseppe's graduation ceremony, which I would've missed since I had to work. I had to brave the 15 minute walk on foot in the pouring rain in the opposite direction from here to get to his apartment though. I was already completely soaked from head to toe, so I figured I might as well keep going. I showed up to his apartment and felt like I had just stood in the shower with all of my clothes on for 15 minutes. What a mess!!!
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