Yeah, all that sounds about right. My commute takes me past 2 major shopping center areas and through 2 downtown areas. All have been pretty homicidal the past couple of weeks. I've got Monday and Tuesday next week, then I'm off.
I've got to do some shopping tomorrow and have been thinking of taking the bike. It's a trade-off between getting killed trying to reach the store and dying from starvation and dehydration stuck in traffic. Decisions, decisions.