Cold Feet

Now don't you just know that if you skip a day the weather the next day is practically guaranteed to be miserable? When I woke up this morning I felt around on the night table for my little penlight, shined it on the outdoor thermometer, and saw an encouraging 65F. So I put on my short and jersey before looking out the window. Mistake. The streets were slick with water and even though the sun hadn't risen yet I could tell the skies were heavily overcast. I walked quietly to another room to check the weather radar on the computer and it was worse than I thought. Just west of the city was a huge line of yellow and red rain. If I had gone out I wouldn't have made it more than five miles. Half an hour later it was pouring rain and the temperature was in a free-fall, dropping over ten degrees by the time I headed off to work with The Wife around 7:45. The parking garage in our building isn't supposed to open until later this week and all of the usual above-ground walkways are still closed, so there's not escaping a walk in the rain. Thanks to the tall buildings and gusty winds, I slogged the two blocks in horizontal rain, wishing the wishing the whole time I had thought to wear my boots. These penny loafers just don't cut it when it's wet outside, and by the time I got into the building the front of my pants was soaked and the water had already found its way to my socks. Looks like it will be a day with cold feet! There are a few guys hanging around in our suite speaking Spanish and waiting for the rain to ease up so they can continue their work on the roof, so I'm not going to complain about my little damp socks. Sucks to be a roofer on a day like today. Yesterday, when we were finishing up at my mom's apartment, it was after dark and a few housed down there was still a crew of roofers on a house on the block working away in the dark on a steep 80 year-old roof with a single light. I hope they got everything covered up before the rain this morning.

Oh yeah. Naturally The Mayor made the national news:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/17/nagin.city/index.html

Way to go, Ray. Perpetuate the stereotype. I'm sure that will really play well in D.C.