Near Death Experience

For those of you who know about the root canal and my recent tooth pain...this isn't about that.

So I get to leave a few minutes early today from work thanks to working late due to elections. Whilst minding my own business on the drive home (on a certain state highway that needs work) I wander through a one-mile area infamously known as Dead Man's Curve (yes, it's curvy the whole mile...many people have been killed in this one-mile stretch of road).

I'm on the last curve of that section when, as I'm beginning to bear to the left, a jeep comes around as if it's about to hit me head on! I hit the side of the road as fast as I can and see this jeep come within inches of hitting me as it goes by my driver-side window!! This idiot may have even missed the fact he almost hit me...because as I look back quickly to try and get the tag number, he's IN THAT LANE! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE!?!? I almost needed to pull off the side of the road to catch my breath and slow down the blood pressure...

I've driven this route almost a year to the freakin' day I started on a regular basis and this makes the first time something like this has happened! I'm willing to bet seriously that it was one of those stupid high school students who can't drive to save their lives! I either need to drive a different route (unlikely) or move (unlikely again) or find another job! I might move if I could afford it...

Rable rable rable!!

I'm not as big of a sports nut like many of my friends, but I'm quite happy with my dear old alma mater and the football team therein after this weekend. They did rather well...which impressed me. The last few years made me think they had about given up...or that just being on the team was a bigger high than actually winning. Well, I think that's a load of crap! As competitive as I am, I could care less about being on the team if it was me...rather, I'd prefer running someone over for the pure hell of it!! ;) Just the cold-hearted side of me...which peaks out every so often!

So it's going to be a long, freakin' week for me. Got to go to the dentist...twice! Bah! I hate the dentist!! Also got a new newscast for another station to do...and our newsroom doesn't have enough editors yet... I think the new people are hired...they just can't start until later for some reason. Therefore, I'll be editing my a$$ off for a few days along with my normal work.

And speaking of my normal work, I find out Friday around 4pm that our station is going to begin running a contest...of which there needs to be a page on our website devoted to it...complete with advertising... HA! So the national sales manager and the HR coordinator have to cool me down because it looks to them like I'm about to kill someone's grandmother!!!! Nobody there has seen me get "irritated" as of yet...until Friday! My boss, who takes care of all advertising stuff, will be in meetings in VA and FL for several days...and may not be able to do anything with it.

Has this left me in a bind?? Maybe. Will I make people miserable? If you know me, that's a stupid question!!! ;) Will this ever happen again? I don't think it will...I DO believe they now know not to screw with me...or next time... muahahahahahahahahaha!!! :P