Picture the scene.......Close your eyes........(erm...and read at the same time, cos you're so clever)
A "parking lot" and the school, two rugby fields dividing the two. Snuggle Bug in one arm (now three years heavy), an umbrella (that is constantly flipping inside out, thanks to the gale force winds) in the other hand and Madam Fluff tugging on my jersey, staying close, very close. Did I mention it is POURING with rain too? Changes the picture slightly, doesn't it? We sludge our way to the other end of what now seemed like three rugby fields, we manage to find shelter just before the heavens really opened. Thank goodness. The school bell rings. Pandemonium. A wave of mini umbrellas appears, children scattering everywhere, screeching and darting where ever they can to seek sanctuary from the down pour.
After 10 minutes, a brief calm before the next storm cues our dash back across the fields (now almost completely flooded) to our car, now parked in a puddle, I mean lake.......OK it was a huge puddle!
Four drowned rats sitting in the car, shivering and cold, our pants muddied and wet to just above the knees, dying to get home and change into something warm and dry and have a big old mug of some yummy warm hot chocolate.
Open your eyes and repeat after me.........
Never park on the other side of the rugby fields during a freak storm that will only last the exact amount of time it takes to fetch the kids from school.
Never trust an umbrella, they are evil.
Beware of masses of little people, bearing masses of little umbrella's, worse than evil.....life threatening!!!!
Never take your kids to school when it is raining....................
1 comment:
hehehe...... you are funny girl! Okay so I realise you were not amused as this event unfolded.... but soreeee.... I had a little giggle at your expense 'cause you retold it so funnily.(Is that a word?)
Thanks!
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