9:50PM – 10:15PM

walked at night, cause I got up too late, and I worked late.

Out into the thunder and lightning storm, far enough away

Walked out to G, left onto 10th, right onto G again, up to 8th street

Up 8th street, to Broad, scaring a cat, a dog, and a shirtless guy on his cordless phone, walking from his car back to his house.

I felt sure he’d seen us, or heard us, as we were talking a little as we walked along. Not too loud, it was after 10PM after all, and we didn’t want to be *those* people. We were walking at a good clip, and underestimated just how slowly he was ambling back to his house.

Imagine the person on the other end of his call. “Yeah, just closed up the car, and I’m heading back to the hou- SHIT SHIT , oh shit, you scared the shit out of me!”.

Really? We hardly ever get that reaction on that walk.

Up to Broad street, left onto Broad, up to the corner, and left back onto 10th street. The lightning is brighter here, and it’s starting to rain. Two women run past, pushing a pram, with a now screaming baby. We wonder why they’re out in this weather? We’re out, admittedly, but we have no baby.

A yellow cab comes screaming up behind us, as we walk through the closed-down petrol station. Leading me to think we’re about to be run down by a clueless cabbie on a cut-throught, and nervously jumping around looking for which way to jump.

Turns out he’s just chucking a fairly loud u-ey, and stopping to pick up the women and the baby.

We keep walking on down 10th street, and happily feel the sudden burst of the cool change. Right onto G street, right onto our street, and back home, scooping up Mud, outside and freaked out by the storm and we head inside, for the whole house fan cooling down the house and iceblocks for an immediate cool us down.

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