A colleague in writing and myself are starting a program where we write seven blog posts in seven weeks. This weeks assignment was to write a blog post about driving in traffic. I had a good idea that was given to me by a wonderful person, Amy Allen ( check out her blog post here at Seven Blogs in Seven Weeks ). I wanted to do something like what she had described and make it something that anyone could relate to. Here is my blog post for the topic, Driving in Traffic.
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You know I never really noticed how quickly we can get somewhere. No matter how much the roads twist and turn us about on our journey to our destinations. Where every degree we turn away from our end goal is another second, two seconds (who really keeps track) that will we waste. For some reason I never realized this. It seems so strange to me that I never appreciate the speed at which we move. But then again I never quite noticed all the wind in my hair. For that matter I never realized how low the birds flew on my way to work either...
Nor, in this same vane, have I noticed how speedily the cars move backwards under me. Of course, the cars in this horrible traffic very rarely move underneath me at all. Today is obviously different. I should just put it out of my mind so I can just get to work. If I can just make it off the highway I know today will be a good day. I know this. After all, I'm flying through, or over rather, this huge jam. It's funny, I never remember going this fast, AHAHAHHHAHAHA!
What is that up ahead though? It seems to be a storm or something. The clouds are bigger than I could ever imagine, and so dark! The clouds so dark they blot out the sun. The winds pick up quite a bit of strength, I notice, as it begins to throw me this way and that! Was that lightning!? A giant fork of light just split the sky with an equally gigantic KRAKAKOOM!
I seem to have flown into one of the monstrous clouds! It seems as I had better lose altitude. By the speed of the wind and clouds rushing by me I can tell I am slowing down. But why!? I am trying to go faster but it looks like whichever way I go, the cloud becomes thicker. How can this be possible!? I'm going to be late for work! ...I'll be fired... This can't be happening, I was so close! The rain pounds against my face from all sides so thick I can't even see. Bright menacing streaks of lightning start to flash around me in every direction. It's as though they are getting closer with every flash! At this point I can't move. I don't know what to do!
...I shoot up ...My chest is heaving with my labored breath. My brow and chest are moist with... It is not rain, it is sweat. A look at my surroundings tells me I am in the comfort of my new home. I just moved in here a few weeks ago. I can hardly believe that I am still enchanted by the view out my window, Comerica Park, the Wayne County building with its Gothic peaks, Detroit. I find them all beautiful. As I look at my phone it tells me it is time to go. I am in and out of the shower in no time. I get dressed and put on my outside clothes. In short I get ready for the best part of my day at my new location...
...My five minute WALK to work.
