Wet rain.

I had a couple of things to do tonight and I was kind of looking forward to driving in the rain. Be tough, pretend you’re back east. It’s been a couple of days now, so drivers will be back to normal. The rain is pretty, too, with the reflected car lights!

Urban Outfitters Anchor Away Boots. So cute! I’m tempted!

As I suspected, LA drivers are adaptable, and were driving fairly safely, (except for the usual clueless who confuse having wheels that are too big for the truck with their small penis.) Not the drivers, it’s the Los Angeles infrastructure that’s so bad. When I was jogging around Silver Lake last night, I noticed that the street was totally flooded into one lane, and rather than jump over 10 feet of water, I had to backtrack. But that’s by a big reservoir. I didn’t take that to mean that when I drive on main streets as I did tonight, that I should have to be concerned about flooded intersections that are 6 to 10 inches deep, splashing deep into the bowels of my brakes. I don’t know if I have the kind of brakes that are dangerous when wet, but it’s scary to hear that huge wave smack the side of the car.

I made the good decision to wear sneakers, of course. But twice, both in parking lots, I couldn’t gauge the depth of the moving water, and my sneakers and socks were soaked instantly, as well as the bottom edges of my pants. Creeks in the middle of parking lots. Crap! I tried not to let my face show that I was walking around in squishy, freezing cold shoes. It’s just been 2 days of rain, and the ground should be thirsty, after months of drought. Why are these lots so poorly designed? What the hell is blocking the sewers and drains everywhere? Didn’t they build any gutters?

Note to self: buy rubber boots, preferably yellow or red, hope they don’t crack and dry out in the summer, and make someone else drive.

My hair looked good, though!