Today, It Rained

So when I was about fourteen, my cousin Maggie was visiting and we decided we wanted to bake cookies. Unfortunately, there were no chocolate chips in the house. So, being the super independent 14-year-olds we were, we decided to bike to the store to get them. As we were leaving, it was kinda cloudy, but not something we were worried about because we were A) young and stubborn and B) in the middle of Colorado where rain is not a real thing. But of course, halfway there, it started raining. Two minutes later, it started pouring. And there we were, stranded literally halfway between home and the store, in the middle of the rain. We ended up walking into the store completely soaked to get our chocolate chips, much to the joy of the employees responsible for keeping the floors clean.

I'm telling you this story because it basically describes our morning. Megan heard about this market kinda far away from our house where we could buy cheap stuff. Obviously, cheap is a convincing factor. So we got all ready and went to leave for this market. As we're leaving, David told us it was raining, and we basically blew it off, figuring that we'd figure it out. Because it wasn't actually raining right then. I'm pretty sure it rained earlier that morning, so I was assuming it wouldn't actually rain again, just be cloudy and kinda chilly, maybe sprinkle a little.

We didn't find the market. We walked wayyyyy up the street Megan's friend had marked on the map, no luck. When we finally decided to turn back, the wind was kicking up. And then it started pouring. And at this point, we just didn't care. So we walked home soaking wet, through the rain. We had to stop once at a gas station and look at the map again, we got honked at twice, Megan's shoes kept falling off, and we didn't really know where we were for like half of our walk home. When we finally found the Plaza de Toro, it was like finding the promised land because we finally knew both where we were and that we were close to home.

Moral of the story is, I need to find my umbrella and listen to David when he warns me about the weather.

Also, we went to see Total Recall at the theater today (I think Sunday movies may just become a habit) which was really good. I don't think I picked up enough of the details to figure out the "twist" of the movie, but the big picture is good enough that I enjoyed it! I very much recommend it in English.