Empaparse

Empaparse= to get drenched

The storm today came fast and severe. From grey clouds and a chilly wind to sheets of rain pouring down on my head, Argentina dumped itself on me for 15 minutes of pure storm.

At first i put up my hood, looked down and tried not to slip on the marble sidewalks. I "gracefully" jumped from one kiosk to the next trying to preserve one inch of dry skin.

Then a bus passed, splashing the dirty rain water onto my once-semi-dry pants. Then it was all over.

There is a point when you lose that last inch of dry skin and you throw in the towel; that point where you just want to take off all your clothes, let the rain soak every inch of your skin, until the adjective dry doesn't even seem to exist in your vocabulary anymore.

I hit that point today in the middle of Rodriquez Pena. Argentina has drenched me to the point where the words dry, normal, comfort and home don't exist anymore.

Today i am just a drenched naked girl dancing in the middle of Recoleta.