Wow

In the two hours since I got off work:

• One person tried to make a one-lane area two lanes at Rosemont Garden and Southland.
• A motorcyclist straight from the left-turn lane, bypassing those of us who were in the correct lane at Southland and Nicholasville.
• The traffic lights at an intersection were dark, and while most of us knew to treat it as a four-way stop, there were several cars that just barreled through the intersection on Alexandria Drive.
• Someone else tried to merge into my lane where I was in the lane at after Harrodsburg and Rosemont Garden.
• My car did a strange coughing shake when I started it while at the pharmacy.
• My car barely started while I was at the Tates Creek library branch to pick up a book for a friend.

So...I went to my friend's house, gave him his medicine and the book, but left the car running. This means I won't be visiting tonight or watching 'Grimm' with him. On the way home, my other friend called to get a ride home. I was almost home and had to decline, as I'm not sure the car would continue to run, for which I'm very sorry. He understood, but it does mean that on the bus it'll be nearly 8 pm before he gets home, and he called me about 5:30. :(

I nearly got run over by two little old ladies this evening

The driver stopped when I started walking with the light and then revved up and started forward while I was still in the lane she wanted to turn into. I then turned and said, 'hello, excuse me, walking here' and she stopped and looked sheepish. I suspect her companion told her to stop in time. I really wonder sometimes. And I don't mean to pick on the elderly. Lexington is full of bad drivers, of all ages, many of whom don't know how to yield, use a turn signal, or follow the traffic lights. I watched no less than six cars run a red light, turning left, at the same intersection the other day. Granted, no one was coming from the other side, but still the turn light had ended, and both lights were red. No clue. I think they followed each other like lemmings.

Okay, obviously getting to the library to blog didn't really work out

but that's okay, because I have my connexion at home again! Yay! I thought I'd give you a 'hey, I'm alive post' before going to work. Well, I almost wasn't yesterday. Some crazy driver from Virginia passed me using a right-turn only lane at Easthills and then had the gall to wave at me as she nearly clipped me off. I so wanted to ram her backside. But hey, I can manage my anger pretty well. Okay, I admit it, though, I did honk the horn soundly and flip her off, which is certainly not conduct becoming a lady but better than my normal wussy honks or passivity.

I'm looking forward to a day off Friday for the 4th of July. I'm off at both jobs. I hope to go to the downtown festival as normal and then to the fireworks that are held right across from the hospital. The forecast is for possible storms each afternoon for the next three days, so let's hope that won't be the case when the fireworks are scheduled.

Still no sign of the stimulus cheque. I'm trying not to fret, but I really do need the money (but then again, I suppose most people do). A couple of co-workers who were also supposed to get theirs around the same time already have theirs. Oh, well, I won't really start worrying for a week or so. But I have the money earmarked for something pretty pressing. My brakes need to be checked out. They're starting to grind. I don't want to let that go; it'll be costlier in the long run and potentially unsafe, but they seem to be working alright for now, just making noise. But they're making me nervous.

So you can see, I'm a ball of anxiety over things I can't really do much about right now. The cheque's arrival (or even existence) is out of my hands. In other words, I am generally operating as per normal. :) So I'm trying to focus on what I can affect, and I'm throwing in a little prayer, too.

Well, it's 9:35. I should go on in to work; I'll be a little early. Actually I need to pick up some medicine from the pharmacy, but I don't want to risk being late. But anyway, I'm back, sorry to have dropped things for so long. I've been pretty busy and it was hard to get over to the library during their hours. (I think you've noticed, I usually blog late at night, or in the morning before work, when they're not open). Take care.