TGIF!!!

Well if there was ever a week to say TGIF, this was it!  But it is over and I couldn't be happier.  The graphic reminded me of a fighter... so I thought I'd use it.  Besides, I liked it!!

 

I had a couple different thoughts on an entry but decided I was going to go into my ride to work yesterday.  Sure.. boring......................  

 

I'm not one of those early birds, I get to work right on time.  Maybe a minute or two early but that is it.  I can't stand the folks that whine 'I came in at 7:30 today....'  Yeap, I see your nail polish, your bowl of cereal, your makeup and mirror.  Don't whine to me about getting there early when all you did was personal stuff that could have been done at home.  I'd much rather stay in bed or in my robe with a good cup of coffee for the extra half hour, thank you very much!

 

So I get in my car and go.  I am happily listening to, well, no not music.  LOL In the morning I have a sports talk show on.  Gotta get the news, ya know?  How else would I know 'bout all the idiots in football!?!  So on my merry way I turn on to the highway extension so I can get to the main line and go downtown.  As I round the bend of the ramp all I see is red!  My foot goes to the break.  YIKES!!  Nothing but standing still traffic.  I looked in my rear view mirror and thought, for one split second, I could be a total ass and back up.  Ok it wasn't really a second, I didn't even think I'd do it, but rather wished I could!!  So there I sit, I didn't move an inch.  Greeeeeeeeat!  The first exit is about 1.5 miles and I am not even moving!!!  Ok, so I got to take my foot off the break for a second and roll, maybe 3 inches.  Break, roll, break, roll.  I get to the bridge that goes over the highway I need to get on and it looks like a parking lot!  Cars all over, two lanes and on the shoulders.  Why would you drive on the shoulder???  Where do you think you're going to go?  So as I sit on the bridge I'm watching cars further ahead of me going around the cement median that separates the on and off ramp, go thru a ditch and do a U-turn to get right back off.  Oh, the light bulb goes on, will my car do that?  Will I bottom out?  Worse, will I get stuck?  Now a good 5 minutes has gone by and I haven't even gone 100 yards.  I watch and calculate.  Is my car higher then that one?  So I decide, yes, I will do it.  I know it is so wrong, but damn it there is no way I am getting to work on time and if I wait through this all the way to the accident or whatever is up ahead, I will be hours late!  So ever so slowly I make my way across the bridge towards my exit plan.  Several cars go through.  I make my way around the bend and I'm almost there.  I was actually a bit excited with the challenge.  Then the sound of crunching metal.  A pickup truck decided since it was bigger it was also going to be faster then the car coming off the ramp.  NOT!  There goes my escape route!  Must have been a sign for me.  So 25 minutes later I get to that exit and get the hell off!  I took the back roads and at one point I had to go under that highway.  As I approach I could see cop cars and a couple ambulances.  My first thought was a car went off/over the bridge.  When I got there I realized, no that was the only way help could get there because those assholes had the entire area on top blocked because they thought they could get around it faster!  Nice job!!!  I never saw the accident and never heard a word about it, I am just glad it wasn't someone I knew.  I get to work a good half hour late, argh!!  Thank gawwd for cell phones.  Oh and guess what?  Some of those folks were still eating their breakfast and chit chatting when I got there!!

 

Just wondering..................   I had been patiently waiting for AOL to give that additional storage they promised and I got the info the other day.  So I was playing around with it.  I'm not a paying customer so I don't get as much but will take what they give.  Only thing, I can't figure out how to get the freakin graphic in my journal.  I know I can share the folder it's in, but I can't find any directions on how to put the actual graphic here.  I tried several ways but in a matter of time I get the dreaded red x.  So WTF!?!  Anyone out there try that xdrive?  Can ya help me out?  Spare me from going back and reading the entire web site to find directions?  LOL