[Where I Stood, Missy Higgins]

I feel so good that I worked out this morning.  I still love water aerobics!  That's a good thing since it will be my main exercise for awhile.   Finances and my back acting up have led Jas and I to wait until at least October to start personal training.  I want to do it, but I am also worried that it's too much, too soon... I should prove that I can stick with water aerobics for at least a month before we spend another $150 on start-up costs and then $150 a month on training sessions for a year.  Plus, with my back acting up, I just get nervous about making big financial commitments.  So, we shall see.

In other news, I almost died driving home from LA Fitness today.  It was rather ironic- I was really annoyed with people on the streets.  First, I was waiting to turn left and some lady who clearly had no idea where she was sat in the median turn-lane on the perpendicular street, perfectly in front of me, thus blocking me from turning, for a full 10 seconds (a lifetime in the driving world) because she didn't know what to do.  Then, some guy not using one of the GAZILLION crosswalks on E Green Lake Way literally meandered about in the road, super slow, because apparently oncoming traffic is of no concern to him.  I was annoyed and had just prayed, "Lord, help me to stop thinking people suck", because I recognized that I was not being gracious in the least bit, when I noticed the guy behind me was talking on his cell phone using a "hands free" device- one of those wired ear pieces you plug into your phone with a microphone built into the cord.  Those microphones always suck, and he was holding his up to his mouth.... totally rendering the "hands free" part worthless.

As an aside, here: as of June it became illegal to talk on the cell while driving without a hands free device... I wonder where this guy would fall under the law.  Technically he had a hands free device but he was still using his hands.  Regardless of the letter of the law the spirit is that people will focus on driving and be less distracted by talking.  As you'll see, it sure didn't help in this case.

So, soon after my prayer to not think everyone on the road- pedestrian or driver- sucks, I turned on my blinker to turn left.  After a few hundred feet I stopped at my turn, because there was oncoming traffic and the road is only two lanes wide.  I looked in my rearview mirror and didn't even have time to scream because the guy behind me, still talking on his phone, was fidgeting with the wire and didn't realize I had stopped.  My heart threw up in that moment, because I drive the Ghettro (ghetto + '91 Geo Metro = Ghettro) and he was in a big Volvo station wagon going 40 mph.  The oncoming car was way too close for me to try and gun it across to the left, so I really just had to sit there and watch him speeding toward me.  All within a split second he realized I was stopped and driving the Ghettro actually saved my life, or at least my general health, because it's so tiny that he was able to swerve around me to the right.  There's no way he could have stopped, and I had nowhere to go, so had I even a Civic or slightly larger car and he not had room or had there been a cyclist it would have been horrible and I'd probably be in the hospital right now, because if he hit me it probably would have sent me into the oncoming traffic and there were like 3 cars coming.  Scary.  And seriously- this all happened within no more than 1 full second- that's how close it was.  My heart rate didn't slow down for a good five minutes, and I was so grateful for the miss part of the near miss that I couldn't even be mad at the guy.  Praise Jesus for the Ghettro (I never thought I'd actually say that!)

Oy vey.

This reminds me of a funny story, because when driving (or when I'm with my husband and he's driving) anytime another driver does something I don't like- be it stupid or no- I say, "IDiot!", with varying levels of force.  I don't even have to actually be upset, everyone is just an idiot.  Jas told me that Pastor Mark used to do the same thing, but then when his kids got to be a few years old and talking he started noticing that whenever the family was driving somewhere he'd hear choruses of, "IDiot!", from the back seat.  He quickly repented, since that's not really the best way to model the love of Christ to your children.  I suppose I should stop, too, but I haven't so every time I say it Jason will bust up laughing.  Fancy.

Beyond that, I haven't had my quiet time yet (I need to go shower first; I like to have my QT while in my cozy bathrobe and with my towel still on my head) and I need to do some shopping plans-- we finally can go to Costco and stock up on stuff!  We have like 10 Q-Tips left, need basically all laundry stuffs, on and on.  We like to buy our meat in bulk there and then plan meals based mostly on that, buying the produce and such each week, usually from Trader Joe's.  We have like 1 chicken breast in the freezer and not much else, so it will be good to get back into our rhythm, but in order to not overspend or under prepare I need to have a list made, which will take some time.