Did I mention that I LOVE rainy days?

I know the old saying, "April showers bring May flowers." Well it's May and the flowers are already up, so enough of this rain thing! Seriously! It seems like it has been raining non-stop for weeks now. So, a few weeks ago my driver's side windshield wiper broke. It was wiping away and then all of a sudden just flipped and was totally cockeyed! I've never seen anything like it before. I told my husband, who proceeded to just plop it back on. He used the vehicle the next day, which was rainy, and the windshield wiper was just fine. I get the vehicle back again the day after that, which was rainy, and the windshield wiper did the same flip thing again. This time I decided to take matters into my own hands and fix it myself. That didn't work so well. The whole wiper came off. So, now my wiper is laying in the seat next to me.

Following day, I have graduation for my work and am out late on a Friday night; once again it's raining. I hate driving at night, especially in the rain, and absolutely hate driving at night, in the rain without a windshield wiper. This is where my resourceful mind kicks in. I decide to take the windshield wiper (which is sitting next time), roll down my window and wipe the windshield with the wiper manually. Sorry, Dad (my driver's education instructor), I know that wasn't the safest thing to do, but...

The story continues. My husband "fixes" the wiper again after the last pathetic rain episode. IT BREAKS AGAIN, and is once again sitting in the seat next to me. Now, I failed to tell you how funny the wiper looks without the actual blade. It's like a little stub. So this time, I'm on my way home from work at it is absolutely pouring rain. I can't use the maual method I tried earlier, or I would be absolutely soaked. I resorted to putting my windshield wipers on regular speed, and just leaning over really far to the right to try to see out the passenger side which is being cleared. Once again, not a real safe thing to do. Then the little stub starts rubbing against the glass and making a horrific noise and scratching the window. I put my creative thinking to work again, and pushed the wiper away from the widow, like you would when you were cleaning the window. Now, I've got this stub of a wiper moving back and forth across the front of my window.

I'm beginning to lose my humor in this situation, and cursing myself for not getting it fixed. I finally made it home and decided to get the mail. I leaned over the passenger side and got MOST of the mail from the box. Wouldn't you know, a piece of mail drops to the ground. I look down, only to see a "river" of water running right under the mailbox with my letter right in the middle of the water. Did I mention that I LOVE rainy days?