Afternoon commute from Hell.....

Why is it that when people cut you off, they never look you in the eye. They think that by avoiding your eyes that the cut off they just did...never happened. Today, was a commute from hell. We go to take our usual Hazel exit, and traffic on the offramp is backed up a mile...and barely moving.

A roll of the radio dial tells us that an injury accident has happened on Sunset and Hazel...which is quite far from 50 and Hazel. Ok, time to find an alternate route. So we head down Folsom...which turns into Auburn-Folsom...which comes to a dead stop. What the hell???? Well, I find an unmarked cop car and roll down my window...smile and ask them if they'll turn on their lights for me and blaze through traffic...I can follow behind and avoid this mess. They laugh and tell me that a fire hydrant is spewing water everywhere and is causing the back up....Damn the bad luck!

Well, Auburn-Folsom has two lanes which squeezes into one lane and you have to merge. I am in the far right and needing to merge over. Etiquette says that first a left lane car....than a right lane car....and everything is going well until it's my turn. I'm ahead of a bitch in a green Honda SUV...by at least half a car length. She doesn't want to let me in...and on a normal day, I usually don't give a shit and will give the right of way up..even if I am more than half a car length. Today...was not a normal day. After sitting in traffic for more than an hour and a half, there was no way I was giving an inch. I thought to myself....."Self...you're driving a big effing Dodge Durango. If this chick wants some..she can come get it! I held my ground...she made it seem like she was going to run into the side of me...I didn't care...and I didn't give. I finally merged and she had a tissy fit, waving her arms, giving gestures, etc. I'm sure her day was traffic hell also because we're on the same effing road. That doesn't mean courtesy goes out the window.

Anyway, by the time I drop off my ManWhore..(ok...he's really my awesome carpool buddy, but my man doesn't need to know that)...and get home to my man...my commute is over 2 1/2 hours old.

I could swear that I wrote somewhere that the commute is worth it...but some days.......