Today was the fateful day that I went to school to receive both the results of my report card and the results of the grade 10 literacy test. All in all, I did very well, I passed the literacy test (obviously) and got over 86% on my report card. The problem, however, was the quest to obtain these documents.

On the way there, it was sort of warm outside, a bit too warm for jeans, but I wore them anyway. When I finally got to the bus stop, I was pretty hot, sweating and whatnot. The bus came about five minutes later and it was packed- I barely managed to get on. After a smelly, hot bus ride to my other bus stop, I was pretty tired. When I finally got there and checked the bus arrival schedule, I saw that it was twenty minutes until the bus came so I decided to walk up the hill to my school (which takes only ten minutes). I finally made it, got inside, grabbed my report card, and left. As I made the trip back down the hill, I heard about 15 splats, I turned around in fear that a flock of seagulls had just flown overhead, but luckily it was only rain. When I made it to the bus stop at the bottom of the hill, it had already started to rain lightly, so I tucked my report card under my shirt and waited for the bus. By the time the bus came, it had started to rain heavily. I got off at my bus stop and the pattering of rain against the pavement was deafening. Dejectedly, I thrust my report card under my shirt again and set off for home. 2/3 of the way to my house, the rain let up, but it was too late, my clothes and report card were both completely soaked. I was then forced to walk the rest of the way home half naked (since I was wearing a white t-shirt) and to make matters worse, a wind picked up that was very unpleasant against my damp skin.

I finally arrived home with an ironic smile on my face and set to drying myself and my report card off with a hair dryer. I succeeded with the report card, but as I type this, I'm still cold and damp.