Commute was great in the morning. I tried out a new route and I like it much better. I eliminated one big hill and the ride was so much smoother. The 7 mile commute to work only took 27 minutes.
Coming home was a little tougher. I had a slight head wind, about 15 mph. It was only in the mid 80s though. A lot more traffic though. It's also more uphill. It took 45 minutes. At one point in the ride there are three lanes. I'm in the far right lane, owning my lane. Some old jackass comes right up on my ass and lays on the horn and passes my by mere inches and then gives me the finger. Normally I have been just ignoring this kind of ignorant behavior. In this case though I was really pissed, so I returned the gesture. Then I caught up to him at the light. I pulled right up close next to his window, and I'm talking close. He was white as a ghost. He wasn't expecting that at all. He had his window down. I didn't say a word, but I stared right at him until the light turned green. He wouldn't even look me in the face.

Oh and on Tuesday a kid threw an empty soda can at me. I caught it after it bounced off of my face and I caught him at the light and politely tossed it right back into the bed of his truck. He couldn't have been more than 16 years old. I probably had 100lbs on the kid, and I could tell he was a little frightened.

I know that I ought to try and turn the other cheek, and I usually do. But on these two instances I was pretty mad and my anger got the better of me.

Not commuting tomorrow. We're going out of town. My daughter is turning 1 and we're having her birthday party in our home town (125 miles away) since all of our family lives there. I just want to get home quick so I can cash my check and beat the traffic out of town. I will definitely be resuming on Monday.