Journey Into Work.

[arontius]

.....Wow! What an adventure! :-) The roads around here really are sheets of hard ice. I took off from home at around 5:15, just a few minutes earlier then usual. My thought process being that it didn't really snow a whole lot last night, so the roads should be clearer and easier to drive. If I had managed to turn on the news instead of the music video channel this morning, I might have learned the stupidity of that thought process. :-)

.....Drove by the bank and its thermometer was reading a balmy 17 degrees. The glare off of the ice was incredible. Especially on the side roads. Once I made it to the main highways though, they were in much better shape as they had been pretty well sanded down.

.....Cassie, the Audi, did absolutely fantastic! It has a German version of all-wheel drive and is very low to the ground. Has good tires on it as well. I thought that it being small and light weight she would be all over the road. But she dug her heels in and acted like a trooper. I didn't slide once. Not even on the hills on the back roads. Very excellent.

.....I did try to keep my speed down. I've always thought of myself as more of a speed demon than a safe driver. :-) But after watching the idiots come up behind me at twice the road's speed limit, honk at me for actually DOING the speed limit and not going faster, and then fish-tailing around me to get to where they are going faster, well, maybe I'm a safer driver than I give myself credit for being. :-)

.....I'm actually curious to see just how many people actually make it into work today. :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.

Comments

[merouda-true.livejournal.com]

I sure didn't bother.

I'm just astonished at the stupidity of the people on the roads. They alone a good reason not to leave the safety of home. man.

Greetings from Vincent

[vincentofvenice.livejournal.com]

Hail Arontius !
I thought I would just drop by and congratulate you on the Bardic Championship. I learned that you had entered last year as well and did not win. For you to come back the next year and try again really impresses me. I admire you for that. I am very glad you were victorious. I learned a great deal from my first compitition. I am planing on seeing you there again next year and will be more prepared on documentation. By the way Baron Sedric has a token I gave him to give to you. I hope to see you at 12th Night.
Ciao
Vincent