i feel bitter to the world. Last night, after being crabby and the most unpleasant of company, I left RIT feeling of low spirits, with my mind blurred and tired. I only wanted to get home and sleep everything off. But no. things had to get worse. I almost rear-ended a car that stopped very suddenly at the railroad tracks, though there was no train or sight or sound or warning signs of a train. The car did not seem safe to be driving behind, so I looked for a way to get around it. where the road branched off into two lanes (in a 40mph zone), I made an effort to get in the right lane and accelerate so as to pass, but before I could pass, the car pulled right in front of me in my lane so I felt even more of a risk, so I quickly pulled into the left lane and accelerated so as to pass the car that was posing the threat to me. in my desire to get around the car, I accelerated to at least 55mph to avoid them pulling in front of me again. Once reaching this speed, i saw that the speed limit was 40, and thought about the fact that there were probably police cars around, but before I could slow down, a police car clocked my speed and pulled me over, giving me a ticket. I am not sure what to do now, because it I only speed that much when my mind is occupied, or I'm upset about something, and I really was not thinking about my speed as much as a lot of other things. I don't know how the court system works. If I go to court, there is a chance the police officer does not show up and i go free. I know it is true that he clocked me at going at least 15 above the speed limit, but I feel I had just cause since I felt threatened by the other car, of which I didnt have the sense or the visibility (it was dark) to get the license plate number. And I really do not want to have to pay a big fat fine. egads. I'm supposed to be saving money, not having it disappear on me by large quantities!
and now I'm late to work. I'm thinking about maybe calling in sick. I've never done that before.