rain rain go away!

So first I GOT AN APARTMENT TODAY!


Second from there on my day sucked lol...everything that could go wrong went wrong...

I left my passport at the hotel so I had to go back and get it to rent the apartment.  However it has rained all day today...and while the benefits to not owning a car out way the bad...today was one of the few exceptions.  Taxis were short..and there was storms everywhere...which means when you leave your umbrella in a taxi, you then get to stand in the pouring rain for the rest of the day :)  And when there is a shortage of taxis you get to wait in the rain forever!


Okay so I go to get my passport at the hotel and the traffic was so bad what is normally at 10 min taxi ride took the better part of 30 min.  and then the taxi driver would not wait for me.  So I had to get my passport...pick up a spare umbrella and then go back to find a taxi.  The umbrella doesn't work and all the streets are floods so I got soaked trying to find a taxi.  Finally I gave up on a taxi because not only were all the streets flooded with about 6 to 12 inches of water but trees had fallen down into the road...So I gave up and walked through the flooded streets to the metro.  Then my phone decides not to work so I couldn't call the realtor to let her know what was going on.  I get off the metro and my phone decides to work.  But my realtor didn't know how to come get me so I had to ask for directions several times.  Always fun trying to ask questions.  And as I was about to get my realtor to talk to someone on the phone my phone dies :/


So I finally got to the place and all was well....I got a ride back to the metro and took it home...only to discover that it was again pouring down rain and I had no umbrella again.   yeah for pouring down rain.  I finally found an umbrella though wahoo..so I was walking to KFC and probably made everyones night because I tripped and just about busted my butt...caught myself though....KFC was a disaster...lines were long...people were cutting in line grrrrr...  but I got food finally....and the good news is I didn't kill anyone though I thought about punching a few people :)  




Also side note has anyone realized that umbrellas are like walking lighting rods...why are they not made out of plastic...not fun walking through lighting storms with an umbrella!