I HATE RAIN!!!!!!!!!!

If anybody out there is suffering through a long, hard draught, just invite John & myself to come visit, I guarantee we will bring the rain with us! Every time we go somewhere it rains! Think I'm lying? When we were dating, it would rain every time we went out! The night John proposed, it thunder stormed so bad, streets flooded, the lights went out, ect. We cut the "date" short and went back to his house because of the weather. The night we got married, it rained. On our honeymoon, it rained. Anniversary trip to Niagara Falls, rained. I can go on and on, if you like.
Now yesterday was my make-up day for my birthday surprise. I might as well let everyone know what it was, Lord knows when I'll get to go back! :-(
John took me to Lowes' Motor Speedway in Charlotte NC to Jeff Gordon Racing School! I was to drive a real Nextel Cup Nascar around the Lowes track!
So, we drive to NC, in and out of rain showers. We get to Charlotte and the weather didn't look too bad. The people at the track thought everything would be fine. I got suited up, had my picture taken with a car, went to school, learned all I had to know to drive my car. Then they took us around the track in a van. They come to a complete stop on the turns, to prove to you that you won't fall off. We are waiting to get approval onto the track. I get fitted with my helmet, they place it on my head, I turn to John to take my picture, when I felt it... A rain drop! One of the guys in the pit crew told me not to worry, it's not going to rain. Then he felt a rain drop. Then another, then quite a few more. Next thing I know, he's helping me out of the helmet, and telling us to take cover! We spend the next hour and a half chasing raindrops! First we hid under a canopy, then they advise us to hide out in the garage while it "blows over". Next thing you know, they are taking us to the media center to wait it out. I was supposed to drive at 4:30. At 6:30 the rain had stopped, and they asked all of the drivers to get into our personal cars, and drive on the race track behind a pace car, in order to help dry off the track! Yea! I actually got to "drive on the track"! Ok, so it wasn't in a Nascar, but I DID drive! LOL! I don't know how many laps we did, but we started before 7, and at 7:30 I gave up, and pulled into pit row. They stripped me of my jumpsuit, and it was all over!
They did issue us a rain check, so next I have to find a date that coordinates with my work schedule, and try it again!
When I got to the track, I was plenty nervous, but after the school, and being on the track, my nerves were gone, and I just want to get out there and see how fast I can go!
I need to see if John got any good pics of me in my "suit" and I'll post later.
More later
A Wet, aggravated Penny