Be it true or not with other matters, it turned out true, literally, with rains here yesterday. It hadn't rained here in last two months. Clouds hovering over the heads I and my colleague went out 36 kms away from office. What a long drive! Pleasant weather, nice road, huge traffic on most of the part!
Having done the work we reached office, back at around 5:30 in the evening. 6 in the wall clock and my colleagues started saying goodbyes! Not having checked mails, I decided to stay back and thought of leaving after 15-20 minutes. Little hungry, thought of having some snacks at the corner of the road. And as I was packing up for the day, it started! The rains yesterday as I remember have come after almost 2 months. And it started so heavily, don't ask! Clouds from my office window looked jet black, dark outside as if it was 7:30 or so! Deafening loud sound of the clouds, and flashing lightening continued and gave a hint of what was going to be a 3 hour long wait in the office!
Yes, waiting for rains to stop, I and two of my team mates, a security guard in the office sat down patiently, each one of us going to the window, checking for the status time and again. But His intention was different this time. What can be called a 'drought like situation' was turning into a flood out here. I did not dare to see a 3 feet high water logged on the roads, making it impossible for any vehicle to move (as my friend, stuck up on a road reported!).
Clock ticked 8 O'clock and hunger started sneaking up, and energy lever dipping down!Made a call to a friends had a long talk, 52 minutes precisely, to kill time. Finally, when voice went down such that what I spoke was perhaps audible to myself only, I decided to hang up the phone.By then my colleagues went had done a outdoor survey of possibility of going on road! When they came back, one of them said that we would have to spend night in the office itself and also better we order some food from McDonalds or Dominos. Given the tiredness I have had, I refused the idea and asked them to wait.
And then came a time when it stopped pouring and the mercy of the lord converted the rains into a drizzle. I took out my much raincoat, which I bought last year but did not ever use. Usually, You carry an umbrella everyday fearing the rain-god but never rains, and the day you forget it, you get drenched! Fortunately yesterday I was carrying my raincoat. I was glad to pull it out from the bag wore it over my new clothes. Making sure that my wallet and watch are under cover, I and my colleague finally logged out of office at 9:20 pm.
The climate outside was pretty pleasant. Riding the bike, the droplets hitting the face through the helmet were amazingly soothing for me. Thinking of what's in the box for tomorrow, reached home in 40 minutes. :)
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