Treacherous Car Ride

   I was driving back from my extended Memorial Day Weekend at my house back to my apartment in Eugene when I noticed my driver's side headlight was out (the high beam still worked though). It was getting dark but thankfully wasn't precipitating much more than a very light sprinkle. That all turned against me a little bit north of Sutherlin. It all of a sudden got significantly darker and the rain started coming in a torrential downpour; so much that I had my windshield wipers the highest they could go and they still couldn't keep up. It was as if God decided "Hey, let's just throw everything at her and see how good of a driver she really is".
   It was pitch black by the time I reached Drain and everyone seemed to be thundering past me. It might have had something to do with me driving around 50 miles an hour, at most. I was reluctant to turn on my brights because that would do a disservice to anyone in front of me (and if I was really unlucky, some guy with 10 years of pent-up road rage waiting to explode). So I was taking the curves between Drain and Cottage Grove like a pro, although at times I was fearing for my life. Using a combination of following the car in front of me, and trying to pick out one of the lines on either side of me, I managed not to run off the road into some Godforsaken wilderness. I noticed about halfway into my trip that I was straining my eyes so hard in order to see better that it was like my eyes were waiting to adjust and become more catlike so I could actually see in the dark. After I realized that wasn't going to happen anytime soon, I was forced to stop at Cottage Grove in order to call my dad and give my eyes a quick break. 10 minutes had passed and I decided I might as well forego any driver's etiquette and drive with my high beams and only at 50 miles an hour or so for the remaining 20 miles I needed to get safely to my apartment. Surprisingly, I wasn't pulled over (I think it's my luck with driving and lack of tickets/pull overs) for being a menace on the road, but hey, I'm not complaining.

   I got my headlight fixed, although this is the 3rd or 4th time that same darn light has gone out in the past couple months. We already took it in to have it looked at, but apparently the problem wasn't fixed, so this weekend: to the shop again!

On an irrelevant note: Congratulations (or should I say: congraduations) to my sister, Jennifer, who is graduating this Saturday from Douglas High School. She'll be attending Western Oregon University to major in music (I think? But I believe she still might go back to nursing - she just changed her desired major a week ago). Congratulations to the Douglas High School Class of 2011!