Aaaaaah, here comes the rain!!!

Okay, living in Seattle you would think people would know how to drive in the rain because, quite frankly, it rains quite a bit here.

I started off this morning by running some errands. After my busy Saturday I needed to get some things done on this nice, relaxing Sunday. It was a little unpleasantly hot and with my air conditioning in my ancient car not working, I was starting to get a tad irritated. So needless to say when I saw the clouds roll in I was starting to feel cooler and more happy and relaxed. That was UNTIL THE RAIN STARTED. No, this wasn't acid rain that would slowly eat your tires and cause chaos and distruction, this was normal (almost fall-like) rain. So, like I said, traffic was moving extremely well before but as soon as the rain started there was a friggin accident everywhere. What happened??? There was no ice or sleet, it was just rain. This happens all the time when it rains, I don't understand it. My friends tell me that it's because of all the California people who have moved up here and don't know how to deal with rain. That could be...all I know is that I was stuck on a bridge for almost 2 hours because some idiot was driving too fast and the rain made it a teeny bit slick, just slick enough for his car to flip over and block most of the highway on the bridge. All I can say is THANK GOD it was nice and cool or I don't know what I would have done. Does anyone understand the concept of slowing down a bit in the rain?

Ah well, I did happen to finally get home and now I am sitting here in bed with the windows wide open just watching and listening to the rain. It's kind of nice, actually.