2. Curses, foiled again

Sure, the weather forecast included rain, but so it had all week. So the gray sky this morning did not move me. And when I looked out my office window at 5:30 and saw it raining, still thought no big deal, I'll just make a few more phone calls, answer a few more emails. At 7:30, I decided raining or not, gotta go. I'm wet on the bus, and wetter still on the final leg home, thinking, where are my waterproof pants, jacket; my shoes will still be wet tomorrow; why don't I have fenders? A recent study showed that volunteers who cursed while their hands were in ice cold water experienced less pain than those who did not curse. Well, I don't know about ice water, but it works for bike riding in the rain.