Go Getters

The commute to work: About 45 minutes each way. So 2 hours roundtrip.

I get a lot of time to think. I've burned about 10 CDs, each with the same basic core group of songs...just adding a couple of new discoveries along the way. I can't believe I don't get sick of some of these songs...it's like watching life in repeat.

The other day it was raining hard. I like to take the backroads to work because I get to avoid the nasty 202 traffic and the scenery is pleasant. Pastures, cattle, horses, no joke. I see these things on my way to and back from work everyday. Then there are the other not as pleasant views, like roadkill. Squirrels, raccoons, cat (!!!), mostly squirrels. So like I said it was raining hard and I was coming home from work. I approached a bend in the road that's almost as sharp as a turn. I always forget that this bend is there. Or if I remember it, I forget it's as sharp as it actually is. But the roads were slippery that day. The car spun out of control as I tried to make the usual messy last minute curve, and the wheel in my hands became useless. I might as well have been holding a toy steering wheel. Luckily I was able to right myself before almost hitting a tree. And just like that I was back on the road again. Same song still playing.

For a brief moment, I thought about how easy it might have been...a very brief moment. Then I realized that if it were up to me, this would definitely not be the way I want to go down: giving up on life on a rainy day. I haven't even won the Nobel Prize yet...I need more time! But I'll tell you one thing, working life pales in comparison to college. Only because I despise sleeping early.