No my legs are not black in the last picture--that is the water level but more about that later!

The
day started with Allen coming over and both of us cracking up over a
can opener--oh get your mind out of the gutter!!!--someone had given me a
bank give a way can opener and I spent an hour the other day trying to
figure out how it works and didn't get anywhere--let's just say  Allen
didn't either!

Our
first stop was my laundry where I dropped off my shirts and 21 pounds
of laundry--by the way there had been a few rain drops earlier but it
wasn't raining now. From there we went to Hollywood (Florida, that is)
where I hadn't been to for awhile to have lunch at a new restaurant
called The New Easy(see first picture) where the food and service were
very good--will post my review another day. It started to rain and then
poured while we were eating so what else could we do when we were
finished--come on it was just next door--but go to the Chocolada Bakery & Cafe (see second picture)- -another review another
day--for dessert. By the time we were finished the rain was gone.

From
there we went to the 17th Street post office where I mailed something
to Australia (Hush girl!) and the skies opened up. It continued to rain
while I was at the Dollar Tree and then started getting heavier as we
drove to Winn-Dixie with the streets already strating to flood. While in
Winn-Dixie, and when we left, it was like a sheet of soft plastic
coming down and a boat would have been better driving back to Gateway.
Oh by the way the lotto machine was down so I couldn't get our winning
tickets and I was worried if I didn't the Fantasy 5 would come out.

Gateway's
parking lot is a swimming pool when it drizzles so if you have any
imagination think of a parking lot turned into a swimming pool and there
you are. Allen parked in front of the entrance to my apartment and
decided he would come upstairs for awhile. We figured nobody wasn't
going to go anywhere so the blocked cars wouldn't be any problem. I got
thoroughly soaked just bringing the packages from the car to the
building--and yes I had an umbrella but it broke!

We watched the news only to hear that Fort Lauderdale was flooded all over BUT not as bad as Key West. We had 6 inches of
rain in less than an hour. Finally it stopped and I suggested we go over
to Publix and see if their
Lotto machines were working. Leaving Gateway was worse than the
entrance--2 cars were stuck at the exit and the water was up to the rims
of car tires. We advanced very slowly up to Publix where I was able to buy the winning tickets (sure!) and when we got
back I suggested Allen let me off at the church and I could walk the
rest of the way. He went over 2 blocks where the streets weren't so bad
with water and when we got
to the church area the water was so high--see the two bottom
pictures--at some points walking to the building the water was up to the
hem of my shorts.
Was it a
good? A bad day? A good bad day? A bad good day? IT WAS A GOOD DAY! 
AND BY THE WAY THE RAINY ( HURRICANE) SEASON DOESN'T START HERE UNTIL
JUNE!