Enter Anne in the role of drowned rat

It's raining, which is a good thing because it's been incredibly hot for the past few days. Yesterday the heat index was 99 and today was hotter. So the rain is a good thing except for the fact that I got caught in it. I was on my way back from Central Park and when I got out of the subway station it was really coming down. In about 15 seconds I was soaked.

Actually only the front of me was soaked. The rain was coming down at a pretty good slant (of course a slant that had me facing into the rain most of my walk home) so my back only got half wet. My front was as wet as it could get. I'm not joking, it could not have been wetter if I had jumped in a lake.

I was in Central Park for an outdoor concert of the New York Philharmonic. They played The Chairman Dances by John Adams, Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No 1 and Beethoven's 5th. It was good, I mean of course the orchestra was wonderful, but the atmosphere was an interesting mix of concert and outdoor party. The Great Lawn was packed and people had food and everything with them. They miked the orchestra, but there was always lots of people talking over the music. I got used to it but for the first two pieces I was a little annoyed, I mean, you can have a pick-nick in Central Park anytime so why would you come to the concert if you weren't going to listen to it? But I was used to it by the time they played Beethoven and the piece is amazing so I really enjoyed it.

Anyway, I have to work in the morning so I'm heading to bed. I wonder if my clothes will have dried out by morning.