Originally Posted by
txcrash
This morning was... interesting.
My morning commute is 2 miles from home to the train station, and 2 miles from the train station to work. Of course, these two legs are the worst parts, though they shouldn't be.
Home side: go from mup to crosswalk, I'm always vigilant at one, the timing on the light and angles, plus total lack of driver awareness make it a dangerous one. Truck that was first at the light gunned it, I yelled, such is life. I thought the car behind him saw me, as he'd slowed... well, he hadn't. This is by far the closest I've came to getting hit. I need to start raising hell about that intersection - seems damn near every time I cross there's an issue. Enforcement is needed there...
And then on work side, there's apparently a man barricaded in a hotel after killing someone. Swat is out in full force, had to take a bit of a detour to get around the road block and possible flying bullets.
Scattered thunderstorms today, so ride home should be just as fun.
Evening commute on work side was cut short by 20-30 mph headwinds. Riding in traffic with headwinds like that is just no fun at all.
Home side I realized my sunglasses had fallen off (I'd hooked them on my shirt, a bad habit), so I doubled back. Never did find them.
Drove in today - had to drop the kid off at a friends house and tonight is meet the teacher.