Happy Rainy Day

So there's this storm that's ripping through the country right? Quiel, I think it's called. Don't ask me how they pick the names, all I know is that they're dumb sounding. Although, despite their ridiculous sounding names, never doubt that they can bring such horrible devastation to the more unfortunate locations.

Anyway, I had planned on going to the office today to do some more work and I had completely forgotten that jeeps in the village completely go poof on Saturdays. Like seriously, they're more scarce than clear skin in a high school. So I had already been standing in the corner of Santiago for around 20 minutes when the rain started to pour -- hard. Good thing I had my trusty jacket (yes, Caleb. MY jacket.) and my bright red umbrella. I loooove that umbrella.

So there I was, standing in the pouring rain, listening to the radio through my headset when the music cuts off and my assigned ring tone for him comes on. He was calling to check up on me. It was really sweet. He was heading south to have his weekend lunch with his Lola. So yeah, we talked a bit and agreed that we'd meet at the office. Barely three minutes had passed when he called again to tell me that they were on their way to pick me up since the rain was getting pretty bad. That added a lot of sunshine to an otherwise gloomy day.

Turns out it wasn't over yet. I was to join him and his Lola for lunch! After dropping off that statue of theirs to get repainted, we ended up going to Cafe Mediterranean.I had never tried Hummus before so it was interesting. I ended up loving it! Who'd have thought that gyros were soooo heavy on the tummy? I had their Grilled Tuna Gyro. 'Twas awesome! The only complaint I had was that the pickles were tad bit too salty. Other than that, smother the thing in garlic sauce and you're set!

After lunch and after saying our goodbyes to his Lola, we had wandered around town like we always do. My eyes were in for a treat! There were adorable doggies everywhere!!! Apparently town was holding one of their monthly dog paradise thingies. I was so happy when I saw that there were Chow-chows all over the place!! I do adore the breed with their super weird blue tongues!

I loved watching the rain. It was so calming. Somewhere around the evening, upon the insistence of my cousin, we went home to hang out and have dinner. It was super fun! So now, he's at the office and I"m at home, blogging to my heart's content.

So despite the stormy day, it was utterly perfect. (Yes, I do still think it was perfect even with the little tiff that happened.) Can't wait for Monday already. ♥