Road Rage

Back in the day, (<---I am old you know), I was a member of the road rage society. Not only did I qualify because I could get raged over other drivers stupidity, but I also could get raged at my very own back seat drivers. I have been known to chase down vehicles and give the drivers my opinion of their driving abilities. I have also been known to show my back seat drivers just how well my brakes really do work. A few of them have even gotten a lesson on what a really bad driver is like. Most of the drivers on this side of the state have seen my one finger salute at one time or another.

In my driving lifetime, I have been victim many times to the idiot driver who is behind you and in a huge hurry. Most of these idiot drivers seem to be behind me at a corner and are usually trying to turn the same way I am. Due to the lack of ponies under the hood of my old truck, I could not peel out in front of people. Because of this, I have had many impatient drives behind me. Many did not like to wait, and try to go before me. Most times, they would pick the same moment that I could go, resulting in a lot of close calls.

Now that I gave up my beloved truck, my new ride has many more ponies under the hood. Great! But, now I don't like to use them because I have precious cargo on board. I am not willing to risk my Son's life to get somewhere faster.

Now that I am a full fledged mom, I have been so busy that I let my membership to the road rage society run out. I don't miss it so much, but I do have withdrawals once in a while. A few weeks ago, I took part in an incident and now I think I am being punished.

I was at a stop sign waiting for a school bus that was coming. To me, school bus = kids, and I am not about to pull out in front of it. I start to hear a horn blaring behind me so I look into my rear view mirror. I see a crazed woman in a mini van behind me whose arms were flailing about so much, it almost appeared she was having a seizure. Unfortunately, she was not. She was in a huge hurry to get somewhere, and apparently didn't care that there was a school bus coming. May be she was on her way to the eye dr and couldn't see it. I will never know. The old road rager inside me was to much for me to hold back. The crazy lady got to witness both of my one fingered salutes.

After the incident, I really didn't feel great about it, because my son was sitting in the back seat. I am sure he had no idea that mommy was being possessed by a raging demon, but I still couldn't help but feel bad. After all the trauma I caused myself, I think I am still being punished. The society must have gotten wind of the incident and are now making sure I know that I am not aloud to participate unless I renew my membership. Last week, one my trusty little soldiers got burned on the stove. This week, the other one was burned on the stove.

I promise, I will try not to ever use them again!

Hope you all have a great, idiot driver free weekend!