Monday evening I was listening to The Cure while tooling along in my new Grand Am. As I crossed Riverwatch Parkway, a VW Beetle started to turn in front of me. I honked my horn, and then, as the Beetle actually turned, my instant mental replay gave me an image of green turn signals. I was arrowing through a busy intersection at fifty miles an hour, and I had just run a red light.
I swerved to my left to dodge the Beetle, immediately punching the accelerator and swerving again to dart into the nearest turn lane ahead of the full-size SUV that was turning. I made it, but god, was I embarrassed!
Friend Byron says he'd rather be lucky than good, but I prefer good. I'll take lucky in a pinch, though.
3 comments:
In any case, I'm glad you were lucky just then.
Good is good but lucky is better. It's just that I've seen people who were better than I mess up while I waltzed through with luck.
Doesn't mean I intend to depend on luck. Just means that luck can get you through situations that skill won't.
Grand Am is a good choice! Driving like you are still in Afghan. is not (I had a similar incident in a grocery parking lot after returning from Ghana).
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