you can't get to your car because of a waterfall

So, it's spring in Texas and that means rain...lots and lots of rain. This week we saw some pretty big storms come through for a couple days. It started Wednesday night, I was getting ready to go to House of Blues for Gomez. I turned on the TV when the sky started turning green and saw there was a major storm heading for Dallas. It hadn't started raining yet when I left the house, but it started very soon after. I had to stop at an ATM so I went to the nearest gas station. Between the parking lot and the front door of the store, I got drenched! The wind was blowing so hard, and it was raining buckets by this point.

Nevertheless, I made it downtown and enjoyed an awesome show. By the time I got home that night, my parking garage was pretty full. I couldn't get a spot on my floor, so I went up to visitor parking on the 4th floor of the garage.

I woke up the next morning, after being up most of the night due to the storms that continued to roll in over night. I walked out into the garage and proceeded to the stairwell leading up to visitor parking. I stopped dead when I saw the literal waterfall coming out of the stairwell I needed to walk through to get to my car. I stood there contemplating what to do. I mean, I didn't really care if I got wet, but there was definitely enough water coming down that my laptop would have been soaked as well. Just as I was about to turn around to start walking up through the garage, one of my neighbors walked out and saw me standing there looking at the waterfall.

He asked if I needed a ride to my car...which I gladly accepted. I mean, how nice was this guy? I wouldn't have thought twice about someone standing in the garage, much less thought about where they were trying to go. I haven't met any of my neighbors since I have lived here, because most of the people here aren't very friendly. This gesture of kindness made my day. However, when I saw him out at the pool yesterday, he did not acknowledge me...to be fair I didn't initiate conversation either, but still. I thought I would at least have another new acquaintance here in Dallas, oh well.

So, I guess not being able to get to my car because of a waterfall didn't really suck because I did get to meet a cute neighbor, but where that will lead remains to be seen. I won't get my hopes up.