Winter has finally come to Virginia. I realize that other states have been inundated with snow and freezing cold but as recently as this past weekend we slept with the windows open. Today I broke out the down jacket. I’m so happy…yes, it is a weird world when someone says Amen it is cold. But the way I look at is this: if I live in a temperate zone then I’m supposed to have seasons–4 of them. How can I enjoy the Spring if I don’t have the Winter?
Speaking of weirdness, last night when I was driving home I noticed a car was entering the same ramp to I-95 as I was (I was coming from 195 and he was coming from I-64) and it had no lights on. For those of you who don’t live around here there’s really no reason why a car would not have its lights on already since it isn’t like that driver pulled out of a parking light and then immediately hit the interstate. His lights did come on and he and I exited I-95 together. At the light at the end of the ramp he rolled pretty far over the white line so I immediately thought that when the light turns green I’m getting as far away from him as possible. I’m thinking no lights+creeping way over the line=drunk. The light turns green and I am able to get in front of him because he’s driving so slowly and his lights go off again. Now I start thinking he’s not drunk he’s just driving a hunk of sh*t. As far as I know he drove along a very dark road for an extended amount of time with no lights on. I considered calling 911 but then I thought what do I tell them? I can’t see him, obviously, and he could have turned on a side street so I wished him and everyone else well and went home.