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Dear...dear...DEER!!!

I ran a lot of errands this weekend, which inhibited me from posting anything more interesting than the 'Top 5 baseball players' post. My dad bought me two more books from Borders. (I'm having trouble checking my Rewards account at the moment, but I'll let you know where I'm at.) And on the way home, driving was a bit stressful--people kept cutting me off and such. Not fun. Dad's blood pressure rises when I'm driving and I let people get in front of me. But I figure they can just go on, not endanger my life any longer, and I can just mosy(sp?) on my merry way at exactly the speed limit.

Well, I didn't really have that option yesterday.

I was driving down this road close to my house. It's a long, straight road, where my Dad tends to speed up, and allows me to, just to get moving. And I was going at a pretty acceptable pace, by legal and other traffic standards (or whatever). Just when I'm getting the speed going, does WHAT jump out in front of ME?!?!?!?!

Yeah, a deer. In BROAD DAYLIGHT.

So I came to a screeching halt, and covered my eyes and started screaming. Okay, so I overreacted a little bit. But so much crap had already happened to me that day, ALL I needed was to hit a stinkin' doe. (There were two. A young buck-type thing and a doe.) With my heart beating frantically, I continued on my way, meanwhile my Dad was laughing his ass off.

And he wonders why it stresses me out to drive so much.

Today was a different story--a perfect leisurely drive to the grocery store. I was perfectly calm. Now that's my kind of adventure.

Nothing like a Sunday Drive, huh?

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alexgirl said…
My book is paperback, not hardcover. It might be at Borders. You should ask for it, if you don't see it. Or, if you want, you can order it off Amazon.com.

Oh man, your driving stories are so stressful! hah! I have almost hit a deer several times, but never actually done it, thank goodness!!
July 2, 2007 at 2:07:00 AM EDT
SalGal said…
It's "mosEy".

You didn't hear? A few months ago the Catholic church got rid of limbo (not the dance).
July 2, 2007 at 8:52:00 AM EDT
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