Rainy Walking into Work
This morning it was one of those days where I knew it was going to be a rainy walk from the train station to work. It was raining before I left the house this morning, and so I dressed accordingly, and carried my umbrella.
Generally, I don't mind rain. If rain were my biggest problem in life - I'd be leading a charmed existence. So I knew it wasn't a matter of if I got a little wet, it was really the wetness factor I was contending with. It wasn't a particularly warm rain, so I was glad I had my raincoat that's a pretty warm one - considering, and it kept the wicking to a minimum.
I got to work and realized that my umbrella had been a casualty of the rain - one of the rivets connecting an arm to the spreader had popped, and so I needed to see about fixing that. I gave it a good once-over, and thought paper clip. I walked over to the office supplies and picked up two - one a little bit bigger than the other.
I then sized it up, bent it back and forth several times to cause a fatigue crack, and then went about the fixing. I was able to put the "pin" through the spreader, and then the arm, and then used the handle of my scissors to bend it back on itself to keep from falling out. I was pretty impressed with the fix! It looks like it's going to hold for quite a while.
Still... I'm going to have to get a new umbrella soon. These large golf umbrellas are just too handy to not have one (or two) right there by the front door.