Stickshifts and Safetybelts
Today nearly turned out like yesterday (that is to say, another day where I felt more like some kind of blob of bones and flesh rather than a person who could actually contribute to society). But I did have to go to kung fu, so I set off in the afternoon, a little anxious about my driving.
The weather was dark and windy, and I hoped that I'd get to my kung fu place before it started raining down frikkin buckets because a) I can still count the number of times I've driven on my own on two hands, and b) I don't like driving in the rain.
I watched the lightning flashes with a kind of trepidation while I drove, noticing that despite the fact it seemed as though I was driving toward a light spot (or so I hoped), there was increasing lighting flashing DIRECTLY ahead of where I was going. Which was a little distressing. I wondered briefly if I was going to die in my car in the most improbable manner I could ever consider to die- not by any accident on my own or another drivers', but lightning.
It did start to pour once I started getting closer to my kung fu place, none of the parking spots closest to the door were open and despite the fact that there aren't going to be too many handicapped people doing kung fu (I only just realized that, actually), I didn't want to break the law. So I parked semi-away and fled to the door in the rain.
When I got there, the owner of the place was all "Go get Sifu" (to someone else) "Tell him the police are on the phone." and I was a little WTF, but I went inside and did class and by the end of class, after I'd watched a few policemen come in and out of the place, there were THREE cop cars outside and I saw someone in one of them.
It was really bizarre but I didn't dare ask anyone what had happened, although I did wish that my mom was there so she could have filled me in on what had happened (because she is by nature nosy and everyone expects her to be, so they usually end up telling her what's going on without her even needing to ask. Harumph). Anyway, since there have (in the past) been a few car break-ins at nighttime, I hope this was related to that and that I won't have to freak out and worry about the car getting stolen every time I have to park in one of the furthest parking spaces!
The weather was dark and windy, and I hoped that I'd get to my kung fu place before it started raining down frikkin buckets because a) I can still count the number of times I've driven on my own on two hands, and b) I don't like driving in the rain.
I watched the lightning flashes with a kind of trepidation while I drove, noticing that despite the fact it seemed as though I was driving toward a light spot (or so I hoped), there was increasing lighting flashing DIRECTLY ahead of where I was going. Which was a little distressing. I wondered briefly if I was going to die in my car in the most improbable manner I could ever consider to die- not by any accident on my own or another drivers', but lightning.
It did start to pour once I started getting closer to my kung fu place, none of the parking spots closest to the door were open and despite the fact that there aren't going to be too many handicapped people doing kung fu (I only just realized that, actually), I didn't want to break the law. So I parked semi-away and fled to the door in the rain.
When I got there, the owner of the place was all "Go get Sifu" (to someone else) "Tell him the police are on the phone." and I was a little WTF, but I went inside and did class and by the end of class, after I'd watched a few policemen come in and out of the place, there were THREE cop cars outside and I saw someone in one of them.
It was really bizarre but I didn't dare ask anyone what had happened, although I did wish that my mom was there so she could have filled me in on what had happened (because she is by nature nosy and everyone expects her to be, so they usually end up telling her what's going on without her even needing to ask. Harumph). Anyway, since there have (in the past) been a few car break-ins at nighttime, I hope this was related to that and that I won't have to freak out and worry about the car getting stolen every time I have to park in one of the furthest parking spaces!