I saw him today. In traffic. I guess he decided to avoid the huge accident that shut down 2 of the 3 lanes on the highway he takes to work and wound up on the back streets that happen to be my daily route.
He didn't see me at first. He was in the right lane about a half a car ahead of me and we were stopped at a light. He chewed his nails and played with his chin hairs which he usually does when he is zoning out. Some things never change.
The light turned green and traffic started moving and the traffic flow ended up pushing me to his lane...directly in front of him. At the next light he finally realized I was there. This is when he started driving like an 80 year old granny with a sprinkle of rain dampening the road. He backed off to about 5 miles under the speed limit to the point several cars separated us. I ended up making it through a light that he got stopped at and I laughed. This was so out of character for him. Normally he is Mario Andretti racing me to prove he is the more superior driver. Today, he was driving Miss Daisy.
As I watched his beige Honda CR-V grow smaller in my rear view mirror, I smiled. From my radio the words "I can love me better than....YOU CAN!" blared from my speakers.
Eyes forward, dear. It's time to stop looking back.
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