7.07.2003

Welcome to the twilight zone

Today was interesting. I went to Philadelphia for a very short trip to get my head examined. Of course, I had to stop at Barnes and Noble and spend a small fortune afterwards. God, it was SO hot in Philadelphia. Somehow I made it in 2.5 hours instead of 3.5... makes no sense. But then again, not too much that happened today made sense. Case(s) in point:1. Some sort of object flew into my windshield as I was doing 75ish mph on the PA turnpike. I was facing forward, yet saw nothing. It happened immediately before I went under an overpass, so I thought that perhaps someone had thrown a rock. I checked my mirrors to see if anyone was on the bridge, but no one to be seen. Thankfully, whatever it was did not come completely through my windshield, for if it had, I am certain that I would be in dire straits right now. Whatever it was would have plunged right into my chest. 2. Driving home again, the guy in front of me somehow just STOPPED in my lane, yet his brake lights never came on. I had left a good amount of room between him and I, thankfully. Well, I hit the brakes and it became obvious that I was going to hit this van. I mean, I really would have plowed into this thing. Luckily, as I was braking, I had room to swerve into the right lane. At least I'm good with checking my mirrors =) I don't know why, but there wasn't a single car in those other lanes. To the left was a guardrail. The right, no one. In front of me by a few feet, a white van. God, I love my honda!! 3. As I was getting gas in Philly, some guy came up to me asking for spare change, something, sadly, that is not uncommon. However, after I gave him some money and turned to pump my gas, the guy was gone. *poof* I didn't see him walking away or even turning to walk away. An angel in disguise? Who knows. 4. Coming home, YET AGAIN, I made one small error. I have driven this route numerous times and the last couple times I have missed this one turn. I got off, accidentally, on exit 1 of route 6 in scranton. Being that I have made this mistake once before, I decided to get off the first exit, turn around, come back, and get on course. I drove and drove and drove and finally found exit one. I turned around and came back. Then, I notice that the exit numbers are increasing. So, I get to about exit 7 and pull off again, check the map, then decide to turn around AGAIN. I then get back on, and wham bam, few milesdown the road is exit one. I continue on and find the road I had originally deviated from. What makes this story interesting, if you haven't figured it out yet- is that although I went the wrong direction and turned around TWICE, I ended up going the correct direction. With two changes, I should have been going the original, incorrect way. I'm confused. To further complicate matters... when I got onto my road.. guess what? The ONRAMP had an exit... exit 1!!! Bewildering. Truly. I'm pooped. I need a new windshield. I stepped into a world where nothing was as it seemed.

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