The Great Circle of Life

It is spring break here in our neck of the woods. With the beautiful weather outside, there are lots of people and kids out rollerblading/cycling/running/walking/fishing etc. I observe this all on my way to and from work. I'm not toooooo bitter, but daydream that I too could take spring break.

I had to laugh at myself today as I pulled up behind what was obviously a young driver's car. Second hand looking and a bit disheveled, just like my first car (old blue) looked. We were at the stop sign and I could see that driver was bent down looking at something. The light went green, stayed green, and I tried to bide my time (after all, I was in no hurry to scurry back to work). Finally, I honked. The young girl, not missing a beat, passed the mobile phone she had in her left hand to her right and gave me the finger through her open window. I had to laugh. I can just imagine her telling her friend about the bitch behind her. God, I felt like a cranky old lady... like the ones I used to laugh to my friends about.

Don't worry, I'm not so old that I didn't give her the finger back (with huge grin on my face) while telling her to get off her fucking phone and learn how to drive as I passed her by while she weaved in her lane (due to the animated conversation she was having).