good commute today... I left later than I wanted to this morning, what else is new? it was in the high 50's and the ground was still somewhat moist from a passing thunder shower the night before. no water on me at all, thank you fenders! I was pretty slow due to being tired and taking it a little easy due to the wet road so I took the trail route in. sluggish pace, but pleasant and no problems.

it warmed up to the high 70's in the afternoon. got out of class late and did a two hour ride around town. hit up all my usual routes. passed a stopped car on the left at one point and was glad I chose to pass on the left (driver's side) as the door opened on the passenger side. then a little later on someone started to pull a left turn in front of me at a major intersection, I yelled "WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!" and the car stopped, and I kept going, heard bystanders shouting something that I couldn't hear. let's see what I could have done wrong... green light - check, right-of-way - check, taking the lane - check, bright yellow jersey visible for miles away - check, in broad daylight - check. I was expecting it, I usually assume that drivers are gonna pull the dumba** move and I was proven right once again. I'm sure it wasn't on purpose, but it still goes to show you really do have to think for two out there.

after getting back to campus I hammered back home through a 13MPH headwind, was considering taking the trail route back also but opted for the road. no problems there at all. during a rest stop in a parking lot I heard someone on the road behind the parking lot (a 45MPH road) do a sudden stop, with the loudest, longest, most gnarly sounding brake screech I've ever heard in my life. it seriously lasted for about 5 seconds, in my estimation. that must have been a pretty bad near miss. took the big hill slowly, and counted how many cars in a traffic backup on the other side of the road had single occupants. most of them did. then later on, while on the right in a WOL on my street I saw in my mirror (how did I ever cycle without it?) someone behind me with their right signal on so I slowed down a little and let em pass me and make their turn. chalk another one up for defensive riding.

really fun commute/ride, aside from a couple minor incidents with drivers.