Today started out pleasant enough, we just bummed around the house until it was time to take the shuttle to GW. We were all invited for dinner, but had to go a bit early since S. had class this evening. S. left lunch a bit early for his piano class. They had a good lesson. M. has really improved. It was evident he'd been practicing. They played a duet together, which the mom really enjoyed.
The rest of us were going to join him at the house later, but soon after we started walking over it started to drizzle a little and then downright poured. We waited for about 15-20 minutes till the rain subsided to a drizzle again and ventured to the post office and to the veggie market for some fruit. But we were stuck there again by a downpour. This lasted a while, so all the girls decided to get our hair cut. We were going to do later that evening, but since we were right by the salon and stuck in the rain, we went for it. My hair was cut waaaaayyy shorter than I wanted...was nervous about what S. would say - he liked my long hair. The rain went on for about an hour and a half...and at the next break, we ventured out again, only to have to find a nearest shelter soon after. There we waited for another ten minutes and although it wasn't pelting down, we got pretty wet as we walked to another building. Stopped there for a bathroom break. The rain was very soft by now, so we decided to go for it. We were able to walk for about five minutes before it started again. Fortunately, we found an office that had a little sunshade which we huddled under. The folks inside had a fish tank and were gracious enough to allow the kids to watch the fish while we waited for the downpour to subside. I was just about to check the rain when I saw S. walking past with some umbrellas. Apparently, they were waiting for us to come and after the downpour, our hostess guessed correctly that we were stranded somewhere because of the rain and sent S. with some umbrellas in search of us. Of course, Murphy is always at work and it stopped raining once S. showed up with the umbrellas - figures, doesn't it?
Dinner was great (home made pizza - which is a real treat out here) and the kids got along really well. Our hosts have two boys a little older than the girls, but I think both sets of kids missed playing with folks their own age.
S. left early to prepare for class, the rest of us hung around a bit and chatted while the kids played their hearts out. We left with the intention of visiting S' class, however, the minute we walked downstairs from their apartment it started pouring again. We decided to wait and then venture on, but, the kids started falling asleep and Mom and Dad were probably feeling a bit of fatigue. So, we called a cab, which were hard to come by today since the demand was pretty high, and headed home...with a pitstop to let S. know that we wouldn't be coming to class. I was soaked running to and from the taxi to the classroom - I couldn't believe how much it'd been raining and it didn't look like it was slowing down anytime soon. You could see clumps of people gathered together under any kind of shelter they could find. When we got to our campus, the guard mercifully allowed the taxi to take us to our building, rather than making us get off at the gate and walk. Due to construction, a vent in the ground had been blocked, so the rain had formed a small pool at the bottom of our building, right where our taxi drove up...it was hilarious. All three girls, who had fallen asleep during the cab ride, woke up to giant drops of water pelting their faces. The rest of us got quite a shower just walking around the taxi into the building.
Another adventure to remember...
PS: By the time S' class was over the rain was done and he had quite a pleasant ride home...of course.
