Yesterday I was driving home from Christiana on 95 in the center of three lanes and I had a truck in front of me and a truck behind me. There was also a truck right next to me in the right lane. I noticed that I was in a truck-sized space and thinking back to my horrific commute Friday evening when I got cut off and such so many times I wanted to scream, I realized I should make sure that the truck to my right knew I was there. I looked and I could see the driver's face in one of his three side mirrors, so I knew if I could see his face, he could definitely see my car.

So in the next minute or so I see him doing some looking around. Then I notice that one side light on the truck, parallel to me, is blinking. I check and none of the side lights on the cab are blinking. Before I can decide whether this one rogue light is some kind of turn signal, the truck starts PULLING INTO MY LANE. I quickly realized that his looking around was to see when the leftmost lane cleared up so I could pull over there AS HE PULLED INTO ME.

WTF.

He purposefully pulled into me! Thank god no one was speeding up the left lane at 95 mph, which is more common than not, or I would have been smashed.


Today was less danger-filled, but more stop-and-go filled. It should not take and hour and 20 minutes to drive back from Christiana Hospital. I could drive home from New York in that time period.

That was only day five of commuting. 2 1/2 more weeks to go now, and another 4 in late May / early June. Pray for my safety and my sanity.