gasp.......

ok, so.....i enjoyed a marvelous afternoon off.....starting with the h-burg goodwill, where i found 4 tops (size small), a fleecy pullover (also a size small), 3 pairs of jeans (size 6), and some really heavy brass bookends-horses- that my daughter will just love.....that is one-stop xmas shopping.....on to the big lots where i found really nice metal tins for sending savory havarti and sesame bits overseas....and on to the d-ville goodwill, where there was nothing to be had.....the kroger, and then to the aldi's.....and it was in transit from kroger to aldi that it almost happened...not to me...but to the crazy woman in a black honda similar to mine who pulled out of the kroger lot after me...who was so close to my bumper i could see her face....and when i stopped at the bypass light (yellow), she actually came around me and went through the light (red)...just as the folks in the oncoming lane were starting to move ahead...and a red car almost clipped her back bumper....and i gasped aloud...because had the red car taken a jump on the light there would have been quite a crash.....the second gasp came after aldi, as i was making my way to the bike shop up 3rd street, by the hospital and then the church and then the bank, when a big-ass pickup truck stopped dead, and then proceeded to parallel park to the left....into a spot the looked to be too small.....this guy made it look simple after he failed to hit either the car in front or the car behind.....i am surprised i could gasp, because of the shock and awe..........and now i am home safe and sound...and with a list of small task to do before tomorrow, when i am informed i will drive my mother to lexington to buy a digital h/d television....which will be a gift from my brother....we are to drive over to hamburg place....gentle readers...i would rather take a beating than to drive to hamburg place at xmas time.....but after all is said and done we will eat lunch at....red lobster......with the eldest child so we can deliver the package.....good thing i did goodwills today....because i might not be on the mood for more than 2 or so after driving to hamburg.....double gasp.....