A few years back a friend asked me to drive her
to the airport-she had an early flight and knew
I was an early riser. O.K., I’ll drive the jeep, I said.
The morning of her flight it was raining bad.
I drove to her house to pick her up at 4 A.M.
While driving I started to dread the drive on
the highway- at higher speeds -in the dark-
I made some noise about the rain as we put
her luggage in the car- Don’t worry I’ll drive
she said. I gave her the car keys. She drove us
to the airport on the highway between 38
and 45mph in the far right lane. I wasn’t a bit
afraid. I said This speed seems reasonable to me
I’m not freaked at all. To which she answered
Anybody can drive in the rain, just slow the hell
down– of course she used a few other choice words
which made me laugh.
Mr. Fix-it was driving us today, and it was raining…
pouring… deluging… I kept saying Slow Down!
This isn’t reasonable!!
Total Outside Hours
to Date: 131 hours and 36 min.
