Should have known better..

I have a weekend update to come, but for now the tale of my thursday commute..
AM was beautiful, the PM was to have a 30% chance of showers. Now i have chanced it a few times this year and won.. hell any MLB batter that's hitting .750 would be a rock star. So on the fourth attempt to beat mother nature, i lost. There were some light showers early in the afternoon, but at 10 till leaving time the wife confirmed no rain in the burbs, so i decided to launch out. Just some light road spray was no worries for me, it was still warm with a light cross tailwind. One small section of sprinkles got me damp, but not bad. No i should have known better, since i have been riding for 20 some years, that at the first sign of wetness, pull on the rain cape. It was in my backpack, and it would be less than 60seconds to stop, pull it on and get going again, but i had fallen into commuter syndrome - just 'wanting to make the next light green'
I made it to Austin - and it started POURING, with a nasty wind shift, and falling temps.
I found an overhang as soon as possible to pull on the cape, but the damage was done, soaked.
Had i been smart and put it on earlier, i probably would have been able to finish the ride home. Instead my sister was getting ready to leave work, so i met her at Proviso East and she gave me a courtesy ride home.
Lesson learned - put it on at the first sign of wetness.