
Now I'm not a person who really experiences road rage, but I find myself becoming more impatient in traffic, with people just puttin' along 10 miles per hour under the speed limit. Today was especially frustrating. First, I was stuck behind an older couple who were driving extremely slow with their foot on the brake the whole time. I couldn't pass because traffic was heavy, and no room to squeeze in to change lanes. In my truck, you don't really squeeze into anywhere. Of course I was in a hurry, not hugely so, but a little rushed. As we're idling down the road, the older driver is anticipating the red light. He can see the hand flashing on the stop light to warn pedestrians the light is going to turn yellow. The light is still green and we are slowing to a crawl, so we don't accidentally make it thru the green light with plenty of time to spare. Well, I finally turned onto another street, and was only about 10 minutes late. No harm, no foul. Later in the day, I was driving on another busy street, behind someone from Ft. Calhoun (the county number on the plate tells me so), and they seem to be lost, because we're progressing at a rate that I can't actually keep up with the bicyclist next to us. I'm pretty sure they were lost unless they were just practicing their turn signals, and pretending to drive drunk, wandering from lane to lane, to prevent anyone from passing. I finally maneuver my way around with some creative driving, only to be stopped by a flock of about 30 geese crossing the road. Of course the cars pulling up and stopping, freak out the last five and they turn back around and cross in front of me again, further slowing my progress. I must admit, it took a lot of patience on my part today, to not FLIP! It's a good thing I wasn't listening to head banger music, I may have used my vehicle as a plow to give a few love taps today! Maybe I should just look at the clouds while driving. That would be tranquil and relaxing, and I'll just assume those are speed bumps I'm going over;)

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