The Rains and I

Well this year the rains and I seem to be at loggerheads. It’s been pouring the last few days and today was no different as it poured through the morning. I got ready as usual for work and waited for the rains to subside so I could leave. My auto driver too had not arrived and I watched the news to check if it was safe to venture out.
The rain subsided in a while and my auto driver arrived, so I left.

We reached good old Aarey, and the area near the bridge was flooded and vehicles were wading through the water there. We managed to get through that one obstacle and to my dismay I saw the stretch ahead was flooded too. A car came from the opposite direction and shot up a wave of water which thoroughly drenched me. There was a car immediately behind this one, which not wanting to be left out, decided to do the same just to ensure there was no dry spot left on me.

By then I was fuming and asked my auto to retrace back home. Due to the flood we were barely snaking forward. If not for the fact that I didn’t recognize which was the errant car, I would have got out and given that car driver an earful. To add to my woes my auto driver gave me the good news that water had entered the brakes and the brakes had failed.

I was on tenterhooks as Kashi (my auto driver) kept his auto moving in the already jammed street and managed not to hit any vehicle. I heaved a sigh of relief when he turned into my lane and safely dropped me home. Both Kashi and I decided to call it a day. I rushed up home and showered.

The rain has stopped, the sky has cleared out. But I am not too keen on venturing out again. For all you know, the rain may decide to play truant again. I sms’d my boss to excuse me for today and have decided to work online. Me not taking “panga” with the rain today!!!