Driving in the car with my coworker in pouring rain headed back to the parking garage of the building where our PD is being held. We are amazed at the huge droplets of water hitting the windshield. It's coming down hard, making it difficult for my wipers to keep up. We sit at the red light and I begin to sing, rain rain go away, in my head and I am interrupted by the shock of tiny white rocks hitting my car. HAIL! My coworker and I start to panic and I picture a hail chunk piercing a hole though my windshield. We inch closer and closer to the intersection of the garage but are halted by a car waiting for the light to change to continue on ahead. Please turn green, please turn green... I whisper to myself as the little hail chunks slam on the car. Then finally, after what felt like an eternity, the light turns green and we head to safety. Not a ding in sight. Welcome Spring.
My husband and I have pretty tricky names. Tricky for others to pronounce and even trickier when people try to spell them. We are really spoiled with delicious takeout options in the area where we live and will oftentimes order in on the weekends. I’m usually the one to place the orders via the phone because I have dietary restrictions (low carb diet). When placing the orders I always tell the person on the phone my name is Ana just to avoid any confusion and it works like a charm. This morning was different. I was up pretty early feeding my niece and my ever so thoughtful husband asked if I wanted some breakfast takeout. We usually never order out for breakfast but today was different. We were too tired to cook. He dials the number to our favorite breakfast spot that’s about two minutes away from home. He places our order and at the end the person on the other line asks him; “what name should I put this order under?” He replies without thinking; “Ana...” We hear a long pause unt...
I live in an area with many spring hail storms as well. And not very many places to park a car to keep it safe. So glad you made it through with no dings!
ReplyDeleteGreat ending: "Not a ding in sight. Welcome Spring." You really capture the surprise of hail storms. We don't get many here but they always shock the heck out of me. Glad you made it unscathed to the garage and safety .
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