Due to the capriciousness of automobiles, I've been forced to carpool this week. The direct consequence of this has been longer trips spent in the car, which in itself is a pain, especially since it's generally frowned upon for the driver to watch a DVD player while driving. I guess that makes sense.
But also it means more opportunities each day to engage in one of the most despised activities in the world: merging. I'm sure somewhere in the world there's a guy who likes merging, who's really good at it but he probably also likes other forms of self-torture like epilation and tax filing. Typically, I find merging to be worse in the evenings, maybe because of the lack of sunlight. Or likely it's the blinding glare of a million cars filled with tired drivers trying to get home all at the same time here in Nashville. Our traffic "won" a contest, you know.
