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So I started the day furious and frustrated. The car free experiment for this month fell apart today and it fell apart for completely unnecessary reasons. When I left work last night, I found that both of my tires were deflated. I assumed this was some moron’s idea of a “harmless” prank. I filled the tires and successfully made my way home. However, this morning as I prepared to head to work, I found both tires flat again which means that this pathetic excuse for a human being actually punctured both tires with something that created a slow leak, probably a thumb tack. It was too late for me to have time to replace the tubes and make it to work on time. After swearing and fruitlessly shaking my fist I climbed in my car and with heavy heart, drove to work. I was sooooo close . . . One day left and I would have done it. Instead of a feeling of triumph and because of some small-minded imbecile with delusions of adequacy, here I am fighting with stop and go traffic and I can feel my blood pressure is rising. “DON’T YOU KNOW HOW TO MERGE????” A headache is coming on. I can feel that throbbing starting at the back of my head. This is just awful . . . And just like that I had an epiphany . . .
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