no more rain driving for alissa. today i decided i was going to frame a watercolor i painted in college. i have been meaning to do it for years, finally got it out and decided to head to michael's to order a frame and mat for it. it is raining outside. on my way to michael's, this became a torrential downpour. i desperately searched for my rear window wiper. well, the rear window wiper is on my rear window (fancy that), but i couldn't turn it on. see what happens when you live in sunny californina? on my way home from micheal's i hit mad traffic on the freeway. it was not.moving.at.all. i saw the exit sign for garden highway, and thought i could take it as a shortcut home. exiting the freeway, i turn left.

and slammed into a median. wham! it was a low median - only curb height, about 10 feet wide, and covered with asphalt. it extended pretty far into the intersection. how the hell was i supposed to see it? fortunately, the subie rolled over it. and continued to function. scared and shaking, i continued to drive, praying my car was not totally f*cked up. i expected my wheel to fall off and roll down the street. and then i got lost. really lost. garden highway was NOT the shortcut home i thought it was. i ended up in a scary neighborhood (north sac is not a nice place). i imagined my car breaking down, and cell phone-less, i would be stuck there.

after a couple of very wrong turns, i found hwy 160 (which is what i thought garden highway was) and headed home. and made it. finally. i am not sure if my car is really ok, though. argh. driving in the rain sucks. so if you see a maroon subaru with a firedancer sticker on the front window and a nancies.org one on the back, driving in the rain, turn around. quickly. drive as far away from it as you can.

i am actually considering a cell phone. hmm. join the 21st century, right? i promise not to talk on it while i drive. :) i know i was going to ramble about the utne reader...tomorrow. if i am not at the mechanic trying to repair my front axle. i need to go smoke a bowl and calm down. :P