January 24, 2012

Have you ever seen this happen to someone before? Have you ever experienced this before yourself? I can now proudly say that I have. I was on my way to Kensington Gardens in the pouring rain, going for a run. As I precariously stopped on the edge of the street, waiting to cross (and remember, I'm in London so people drive on the opposite sides of the road...it's super confusing and basically if I'm going to die here in London it's going to be because I will have stepped directly in front of oncoming traffic because I was just looking the wrong way)a speeding car drove straight into 6 feet of water in the gutter right next to me and soaked me. But, it actually wasn't that bad at all for a couple reasons:

1. Honestly, after watching a car splash in almost every chick flick, hasn't everyone kind of wished something crazy like that would happen to them?
2. Since it was already pouring outside, it didn't make me that much wetter.
3. It was just about the funniest thing ever.
4. Hmmmm...I'm pretty hot already and I just started out my run. Oh, what's this!? Ahh...thank you car, for that refreshing shower.
5. Why, now I look super sweaty and like I'm some intense, hard-core runner. Also, since I already look like I've run 20 miles I guess I can just do a quick jog around the duck pond and call it a day!

 Kensington Garden is alot like Hyde Park- huge and open. I love the parks, but I wish the weather was better so I could actually spend time at them. I was going to take a picture of me after running to show how completely soaked I was, but honestly I could hardly stand to look at myself in the mirror, and the internet is definitely not ready for that side of Ashley. I have to admit when I got back to the center I got some pretty weird looks too and didn't really understand until I actually looked in the mirror. I basically looked like a sweaty mess, as I had water dripping off my hair, face, chest, and was soaked. My clothes were completely soaked too. I had to show people my armpits, which were completely dry, to prove that it was just the rain and not nasty sweat. It basically looked like I had reverse-sweated because only my armpits were dry. Sometimes I'm just so attractive.