Interesting day so far...
Started with lots of rain during the night. We wound up getting about 1.25 inches, which isn't that much. However, with all the snow we got in April things were already pretty saturated. I have two sump holes. One is always bone dry, the other keeps a little water in it but the pump never runs. During the night I woke up to hear this odd humming sound. Then I realized it was my sump pump emptying out the hole. This morning I looked and they both have water in them.
Most of the rain had passed by the time I left the house. A light drizzle was coming down the whole ride to work, but not enough to really get me wet. The river was pretty high. It had been near flood stage after the late snow melt. With last night's rain there were some low areas where it was overflowing the banks. In a couple spots the river came right up against the MUP, but I never had to ride through any of it.
Then, 1/4 mile from the client's office I'm coming down a street going about 18 in a 20 mph zone. I was 1/2 block from an intersection where a bunch of cars were stopped for a light when suddenly this guy in an old SUV tries to aggressively pull around and beat me to the light. I was already taking the lane, so as he pulled next to me he was close. Close enough that I easily placed three fingers on his passenger window and hollered, "Three foot law, guy!" He added a finger in response and screamed for me to do something biologically impossible.
About that time the light changed right as we were arriving at the intersection, at which point a new right lane formed. I was still moving about 15 mph, but I saw the new right lane was empty so I pulled into it to let this clown go by. Instead, he slowed down and changed lanes, then gunned the accelerator to come at me. I was watching in my mirror to see if he was actually going to try and hit me so I could attempt evasive action. Instead he changed lanes and close passed me again. Then he sped through the next red light, I'm assuming so he wouldn't have to deal with me at the intersection.
I had a pretty good adrenaline rush from the altercation. Thankfully it's extremely rare that I ever have a problem like this with a motorist. After calming down and reflecting on the situation I decided that the guy was probably having a bad day, and he was likely going to rage at someone before he got where he was going. I just happened to be the unlucky recipient.