Showing posts with label rain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rain. Show all posts

Tuesday, 26 August 2014

Dancing In The Rain

Saturday morning I met up with my friend for our first Zumba class together in Camden. We found it as a deal on Groupon and needed a kick start to our Bank Holiday weekend.

Five minutes in and we were sweating, panting and counting down the hour. F**k Tough Mudder, this class was an INSANE workout! But we left feeling on top of the world, ready for Carnival on the Monday.

As you'd expect from British weather, the day I was due to dance in the street wearing next to nothing it rains.

I woke up yesterday morning after a shocking nights sleep, feeling exhausted and lazy. Having stayed over my friends house so we could go to Carnival together, we both sat on the sofa bed staring out at the bleak weather feeling less than motivated to leave the house. 

The general consensus was that we'd stay home or go bowling, but at some point during breakfast we were convinced by her boyfriend that even if we went for an hour, we should make the most of the opportunity, after all we'd paid for the privilege of dancing within a secured area, unlimited alcoholic drinks and snacks. 

Donning our outfits, plus an extra t-shirt and hoodie, we ventured out into the cold - the rain had stopped. Our spirits high, we got to Kensal Rise within 45 minutes of leaving the house. Unfortunately by the time we'd got there it was raining HARD. 

We'd took shelter underneath a shop canopy and waited for the rain to ease about 15 minutes. I was tempted to go home. In fact I announced it a couple of times. I said my goodbyes and was about to leave BUT, for some unknown reason, I changed my mind and we continued on. 

Music, alcohol, laughter and lots of dancing! 

We were soaked through but I wouldn't have changed it for the world! 





Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Dear Rain

I don’t appreciate you making my walk to work uncomfortable
I don’t appreciate my shoes being soaked through or arriving to work with damp clothing
You make me angry
I hate your dark skies and annoying wind, blowing stray raindrops in my hair

Rain, because my trousers are wet and my feet are cold
I now have a sore throat
You are an inconvenience during the day
Why can you not visit at night when most of us are tucked up in bed or between 9am-5pm when most of us are safe inside our office buildings?

I know that you are not useless
You make things grow
Keep them nourished

But today Rain, I wish I’d never woken up to you.