me and my friend B

I ran to my car one day last week, trying not to get completely soaked by the torrential rains we had. My car was parked across the street from the back of Baluba's, where my friend B stays. As I ripped open the door of my car, I hear "Hey there young lady! Try not to get too wet!" I look up to see B sticking his head out from under a semi. I thanked him and gave him an equally pleasant greeting/warning, while trying to hurry up and get dry.

"I was going to work today, but I decided to stay in the house."

It was a cold realization. I was running to get into my car, agitated of the 30-seconds worth of water soaking through my clothes, and here B was happy to be able to stay dry (and I use the word dry loosely) in his "house" - aka on the pavement under a semi-trailer.