There are some days when all I want to do is drive around with no destination in mind... drive around and listen to music. I was up and as cute as is humanly possible quite early this morning. I had a rather short job interview, and a rather long list of things I needed to get done. Immediately following the interview, I changed into clothes that'd allow me to survive 96 degrees plus high humidity. We desert dwellers don't function well with ANY humidity... Anyway, I decided to head to Starbucks. As I was leaving, some old lady who was going way too fast in the parking lot almost hit me. Head on, even. On my way home from Walmart, an old guy pulled out of a driveway right in front of me. He looked RIGHT AT ME while driving toward me in the wrong lane. He continued to look at me as I stopped...and waited for him to figure out which lane he was supposed to be in, and then get there. By the time I got home, I was pretty tired of people. Sadly, I had more stuff to do... so off I went. I took the long way, through a school zone, because I figured the idiots would be avoiding that area. Not so. An old lady who was busy watching some people didn't bother to look AT ALL when pulling out at a stop sign. She wasn't looking forward. She never looked anywhere except out the driver's side window. I did have to speed in a school zone to avoid being hit by her...but oh well. I managed to go a couple blocks without incident and return one of my library books. Two blocks later some idiot on a motorcycle...who was going the opposite direction...decided to cut into my lane (driving right toward me) and then into a parking lot. Had I been further away from him I would have been okay with this. Had he used a turn signal AND been further away, it would have been great. Bleh. What a day for driving. Also - just for the record - if you're already half way into my lane, it's a bit late for the turn signal. Nice thought, though.
I ended up sitting in the car beside my mailboxes, listening to Silversun Pickups - Kissing Families as loudly as I could stand it. I have road rage. I swear. I've flipped old people off. Today I managed to go through all that without flipping anyone off...and only swore a few times. I'll admit that I'm not a great driver. The thing is, I know the basics. I know which lane is mine. I know that it's generally a good idea to look before pulling out of driveways and before pulling away from a stop sign.
Sometimes I wonder if this SUV is invisible. Like, there's some kind of magic cloaking device...like the Weasley's flying car. It's just one that I'm not aware of...
Guess it's time to stop avoiding all the toys on the floor...
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