THE Lowly Peon

I'm tired of being wet. 
25 August 2010, 11:00am

Since I came back to Hangzhou on Friday, I've been loving almost every minute. The minutes I don't love are the ones where I'm soaked from the 90+ degree 95% humid weather. No exaggerating, I sweat through my clothes less than ten minutes after being outside, even if I'm doing no sort of physical activity.

I ride a public bike to and from work, about 12 minutes each way, which makes me sweaty when I arrive to work, and sweaty when I arrive at home. In fact, I'm so uncomfortable when I get home that for the last few days, I've showered and changed my clothes immediately upon returning home.

So imagine my surprise when I walked out of work today, and it was a (relatively) comfortable 80 degrees. I couldn't believe it. And not too humid! Maybe today I can go running without fear of hydroplaning on the pool of water that's constantly coming out of my pores!, I thought.

Well. About ten minutes after the bus left, it started raining. No problem, I thought. I can put my electronics in my water-proof man purse, and ride a bike home. I hate taking the bus these days. But a few minutes later it was coming down in buckets. So much rain! So I had to take bus 39.

And of course I happened to wear my good shoes today. First time in a week. And it had to be today.

Walking from the company bus across the street — yeah, that's right. Less than a minute — I got completely soaked. My shoes are probably ruined. My tiny notebook in my pocket got soaked. My clothes are already in the washing machine from all the cars that drove too fast near the bus stop and sprayed everyone there.

I waited for over 40 minutes for a bus.

Anyway, now I'm home. The rain stopped shortly after I got here. My electronics are okay, and honestly, I'll take this kind of weather over the heat we've been getting any day.

update
[25 August 2010, 11:01am]