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Well, my chemistry class got cancelled and I have some time before the next class.. I meant to write about this yesterday because I'd really rather have events in my life written on the day they happened, but yesterday, there was some kind of storm in Morgan Hill.
When I woke up yesterday, I could already tell it wasn't going to be bright and sunny. The sound of rain signalled that it had been going on for quite some time. I took my sister to school and that was normal, and when I came home, I saw my mom was leaving to head off to CPR training. My dad left soonafter after I entered the house. I wouldn't have class until 2:30 PM, so I hung around and tried to do some studying for Biology class, since I had a test that day. (If you must know, my studying didn't go too well. I did try hard, but gosh, there was just too much to remember!)I was home alone, and the music I listened to up until I had to leave was practically raindrops. My facebook homepage was littered with status updates from people who complained about the rain, whether they liked it, hated it, or just wanted to rant about having to walk some miles in the rain to get to school to take a test. I have friends from all over California, so to hear conditions were no better in Davis than they were in.. wherever was pretty amazing. The rain didn't bother me, though. I thought it would at least stop by 2:30 PM so it would be safe for me to travel.Boy was I wrong! Thinking about it now, I think it'd be better if my class started early and ended early! As 2:30 drew near I thought about how roads might be flooded since it's been raining hard nonstop for hours! When I left at 2, I thought nothing of it as I backed out of the driveway and headed for school. It only takes me about 15 minutes to get there, so I would have some free time. But when I had to swerve and dodge a few (large) puddles, that's when I realized I might have underestimated time there. The freeway I had to get on was scary, too. I could barely see anything and my windows kept fogging up so it was hard to see. I opted to take the normal route instead of the subject, since I remembered that the other road I liked to take had a sign that read "Subject to flooding". By the time I arrived for my test, I was already a little late, but it was all right. I made it there safe!
After class, I decided to head straight home instead of showing up for a club meeting. I wanted to get home before it got too dark. I also thought maybe I should show up for the club meeting anyway, thinking that by the time it ended, maybe conditions would get better. Good thing I didn't! Conditions did NOT get better. I tried to call Tomo, intending to tell her to cook up some spaghetti noodles for when I get home, but the twerp didn't answer. I called my dad to make sure he brought her home, since I couldn't on Tuesdays. My dad answered and told me I should head straight home, and that I should take exit on Dunne and take Butterfield. So I start to head for the car for my journey home.
I exit on Dunne like my dad recommends, and when I turn on Butterfield, that's when there's trouble. The cars in front of me start backing out, and I can see the driver in front waving his arms back and telling me to back up. I do so, and make a motion to turn right once I'm back on the main street. I wondered why the driver didn't continue-- cars can keep going in water, I thought. Even so, I trusted that guy's judgement, and I kept what he did in mind. Some fireman or whatever.. Probably a city official motioned for me it was safe to back out. Mind you, it was HARD to back out or change lanes because my windows were so fogged up from the cold. I was pretty sure I would hit another car, or something. I'm surprised I didn't. After I get on the road, I pull over and call my dad. Frustrated, I yelled at him, telling him the road he told me was flooded and I couldn't go. I only got mad because after I said that he said he told me NOT to take that road, when I was pretty damn sure he told me to get on the road. I can see where the mistake lies, though. My dad kind of leaves the important things out. He asked me if I was trapped in water already and that he'd come get me if I was, but I just yelled at him and said I'll call him back if I get home. Note the if. I wondered if I could.
So my trip home ends up being a journey. I go back to try the usual road I take-- the one I took to get to school. As I move along, I see several cars pulled over. Water was up to half their wheels. I was beginning to freak. I head pass downtown then make a right at the familiar gas station I always turn at to get home, and what do I find but signs like "Road Closed". I wondered if I should press on, even with that gigantic muddy puddle that resembled a man-made lake. In my perspective, it looked okay.. But I knew I only thought that because I didn't have good judgement. I've never driven during floods before, and I knew I shouldn't press my luck. I thought about that guy on Butterfield who backed out when I didn't think the flood was bad. I think it really was bad, and I'm glad that guy was ahead of me. For me, I was just scared, but sometimes it borders on paranoid so that I might think things aren't safe when they are. Hence why I thought I should stay at school in hopes of the weather letting up, which so didn't happen.
I back up and make a U-turn, pleased to find other cars (I was the one leading that time) follow my lead. So I did make the right decision. I opted to continue back on that previous road for another way home. But that road was blocked, too. I could see several cars way ahead of me beginning a U-turn, and I do the same to avoid traffic up ahead. I thought of another path I could take beyond the other road, but when I began that way, I find "Road closed" signs again! I was exasperated at this point. I tried to call Tomo, my mom, dad.. Everyone. I wanted to tell them I might not be able to come home at all. I got scared, not knowing where I could go. My mom's work was beyond that closed road, so I couldn't go that way if I couldn't go home. I U-turn, hoping the last way I knew of would get me home.
I knew the road was still open because of the traffic I could see immediately as I turn right onto the street. The antline of cars actually calmed me, because I knew it must be the right way. If I had to wait awhile, that was fine. At least it was an open road. Now, even though it was open, that doesn't mean the road WASN'T flooded. It totally was. As I drove by very slowly, I could see people who lived in the houses on that street had water up to their knees. It was scary. I wasn't even sure my car could make it as I drove through the waters. I thought that if this kind of level of water was okay for these cars to pass through and it was already scary for me, there was no way I could've disregarded all those "Road closed" signs. In any case, once I could turn right at the stop sign, I thought I was scot free! The road to home was close, mind some big puddles here and there. I near my neighborhood and was about to turn left when I discovered the road there was closed! In disbelief I let out a whine, but continue down the road. There's one way left for me to get home!
It did get me home. Though my neighborhood was drenched with its own puddles, I was so relieved to pull into my driveway and enter my house through the front door. Of course, being angry and upset and frustrated, instead of letting a sigh of relief, I yelled at Tomo, calling her an idiot for not having her phone nearby with weather like this. What if I couldn't get home? I wanted to tell her that. I was scared and I was so angry at her for not being available at an important time of need. It had been raining HARD all day, and she should have guessed there would be floods. I thought Tomo would get mad at me and yell at me back, but if she did, I would be okay. Surprisingly, she didn't. In fact, she didn't say anything. But she understood I was scared and stuff. She just couldn't say anything. That's how she is. Anyway...
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