driving observations
now, for as much as i love to drive, i don't do it very often. or at least i didn't until after my leave. since chris and i work together, we commute in almost every day. it generally works out pretty well - i knit, he drives. he likes to drive. i like to knit. plus, with a toll road between us and work (at least if we want to get in sometime before 10) it saves us some cash.
well, once the boy goes to daycare (weeping, weeping) in september we'll be most likely going in separately on a more permanent basis. this is both good and bad from my pov (i'm sure husband has his own views :P):
good: it's always nice to have some sing out loud time in the morning and afternoons when you need it
bad: i can't knit anymore in the car, which these days is almost the only time i do
good: having two cars at work will make it much easier to pick up the boy from day care when something comes up for one of us
bad: gas
good: we (read: chris) don't have to wait around for the other when one is ready to go and the other is not
bad: less time to spend with chris
overall, it's not a bad thing. i'll be taking the longer way to work and leaving early, but getting home earlier too. and on days i have derby, chris will probably pick him up. we'll see, we're still working it out.
that all being said, driving lately has been interesting. i got a late start this morning due to alex waking up late, me getting in the shower late, starbucks being a cf, and traffic. it's the traffic i want to talk about. i have a lead foot - this i am unapologetic for. i am safe though, and generally courteous to others - i try not to be that asshole who totally tailgates the joe citizens who decide that even though they are in the fast lane that legally fast is 55/65 and force me to adhere (at least until i can safely get around them).
what REALLY grinds my gears, to borrow the expression from that great sage peter griffin, is two specific things:
1) when i've got cruise control on, and some jackass with a wildly inconsistent speed comes RIGHT UP ON MY ASS and i move over, and then about 2 minutes later i come up on him because he's slowed down now, and he won't move because he earned his right to be in front of me, or some stupid shit like that. WRONG.
2) when people are in the fast lane on their cell phones (which is like, oh, everyone) and they're clearly not focusing on driving. going over the line, again with the inconsistent speed, and they never move over. this type of person almost always, when i go to pass them on the right (yes yes i know), SPEEDS UP when they see me try to pass, like "OH WAIT I WANTED TO BE GOING FASTER THAN YOU" and i reminded them. only to have them slow right the hell down after my apparent threat to their man/womanhood in the form of passing them has subsided.
it alternately amuses me and frustrates me. this morning it's the latter, but mostly because of some other frustrations. if i have a moment, i want to get into those later. it always helps me to work things out in text rather than in the jumbled pile of mess i call my brain.
well, once the boy goes to daycare (weeping, weeping) in september we'll be most likely going in separately on a more permanent basis. this is both good and bad from my pov (i'm sure husband has his own views :P):
good: it's always nice to have some sing out loud time in the morning and afternoons when you need it
bad: i can't knit anymore in the car, which these days is almost the only time i do
good: having two cars at work will make it much easier to pick up the boy from day care when something comes up for one of us
bad: gas
good: we (read: chris) don't have to wait around for the other when one is ready to go and the other is not
bad: less time to spend with chris
overall, it's not a bad thing. i'll be taking the longer way to work and leaving early, but getting home earlier too. and on days i have derby, chris will probably pick him up. we'll see, we're still working it out.
that all being said, driving lately has been interesting. i got a late start this morning due to alex waking up late, me getting in the shower late, starbucks being a cf, and traffic. it's the traffic i want to talk about. i have a lead foot - this i am unapologetic for. i am safe though, and generally courteous to others - i try not to be that asshole who totally tailgates the joe citizens who decide that even though they are in the fast lane that legally fast is 55/65 and force me to adhere (at least until i can safely get around them).
what REALLY grinds my gears, to borrow the expression from that great sage peter griffin, is two specific things:
1) when i've got cruise control on, and some jackass with a wildly inconsistent speed comes RIGHT UP ON MY ASS and i move over, and then about 2 minutes later i come up on him because he's slowed down now, and he won't move because he earned his right to be in front of me, or some stupid shit like that. WRONG.
2) when people are in the fast lane on their cell phones (which is like, oh, everyone) and they're clearly not focusing on driving. going over the line, again with the inconsistent speed, and they never move over. this type of person almost always, when i go to pass them on the right (yes yes i know), SPEEDS UP when they see me try to pass, like "OH WAIT I WANTED TO BE GOING FASTER THAN YOU" and i reminded them. only to have them slow right the hell down after my apparent threat to their man/womanhood in the form of passing them has subsided.
it alternately amuses me and frustrates me. this morning it's the latter, but mostly because of some other frustrations. if i have a moment, i want to get into those later. it always helps me to work things out in text rather than in the jumbled pile of mess i call my brain.