I'm so frustrated and angry that I don't know where to start. Vu had, of all things, finals yesterday... on a freakin' Saturday, (I'm pretty ticked at that, too,) and because the buses are scarce on Saturdays, (stupid U of M,) I had to drive him to it and then pick him up again after he was done. The construction on 35 and 94 E was all over the worst parts of those roads, and there were lots of really narrow areas with both sides being crowded in by concrete walls. That's a bad situation, but what was worse was the driving. I came across several drivers who consistently went WAY over the line and into my lane, when I was right there, and then the worst tailgaters I've maybe ever seen. This one old guy in his expensive car went into my lane and if I had been up any further might have actually rammed me into the wall! *shakes head, feeling inexpressible frustration* Such stupid people. Then I went around this one turn, and an SUV came barreling up quite fast behind me, whipping around the turn so quickly that he had to slow down quickly and had to move a little into the other lane to avoid smashing into me. *pauses in more frustration and anger*

Then after dropping him off and successfully not getting smashed along those icky roads I ran into the worst of the drivers right near our home, on a road we travel almost daily. It was this red and chrome pick-up or some other kind of utility truck, (new, really tall,) and it was being driven by two young men/idiot boys. We were first on a two-way with one lane, of course with them behind me. I was going about 45 in the 40 area as I always do, but they wanted to do like 55, and came up on my butt. At first they were tailgating like normal tailgaters, and that upset me more than usual because of the nasty roads and drivers I had just encountered, but then, not long before it opened to two lanes and increased to 45mph, they came up on me such that... *pauses again*... such that if I hadn't sped up they would have actually rammed my car with their truck. They left me no option, and I mean, no option. They would have rammed me. I only sped up as much as I needed to avoid them touching me, and they persisted like this for maybe a full minute. I motioned for them to back off with my thumb in an upset manner, but they were so high I'm not sure they could see me doing that. Then when it opened to two lanes I signaled and turned into the new lane like I always do, as soon as it opens up, because that's my turn lane, and they followed me, trying to speed up even more, apparently attempting to pass me but being stupid because I gave plenty of warning about my moving into that lane first. I then increased speed even more because it turned to 45, (I do about 52 there normally,) but thankfully they wizened up and turned into the other lane, passing me going about 60. I turned my head quickly and intended to give them an angry look but they weren't looking in the least, and seemed to just be driving as usual, with the passenger guy even reclining a bit. I couldn't believe how horrible they were. Worst tailgating of my life, and I detest tailgaters.

I was so frustrated with all those stupid-heads that when I got home I, (being physically less able to cope with stress because of my health issues,) cried a little in frustration. I'm so sick of people pushing me around and being obnoxiously selfish and inconsiderate. By themselves those two punk-a**es could have ruined my day. I'll never forget them... ever.

Minneapolis is a pain in the butt to drive in almost anywhere, but at the U it's especially confusing. I got Vu there alright, but I got turned around a bit trying to retrace my steps to 94. Not a big deal, but when I went to pick him up again I missed an exit, took another one, had to be directed over the phone by Vu on how to take an alternate route on these poorly arranged roads, had a difficult time taking in all he said while navigating myself, (having a foggy brain from my health doesn't help either,) and then after finally getting to him we both got a bit "lost", and in trying to find a way back to something more familiar got stuck in a huge line of cars trying to park for some event. Then of course we had to go through those bad parts of 94 E and 35 again. Thankfully the people on the road then could stay in their lanes better, and you might even say they were civil.

lol It would be a test for any couple, but we went through it just fine. I got a bit snippy with him because I didn't quite like how he directed me over the phone to get to him, and I was in a bad enough mood with all that horrible driving and such, and then I was aggravated by everything back home, (I've got a few pet-peeves,) but I apologized and we were fine again. Neither of us was in a good mood. He had his two finals, (on a SATURDAY!) and was sick, (he's got a fever right now,) and I hadn't gotten much sleep at all and was quite aggravated. The combination was a potential for disaster, but, although flawed, (me especially that day,) we got through it surprisingly well.

*sigh* DON'T TAILGATE!!! STAY IN YOUR LANE!!! DON'T WHIP AROUND CORNERS IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE!!! BE CIVIL TO THOSE ON THE ROAD AROUND YOU!!! AND GIVE KATIE A HUG TO LET HER KNOW SHE'S LOVED AND THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WHO AREN'T OUT TO WALK ALL OVER HER!!! :( Wah. I want to move into an isolated little area in wooded mountains with a calm lake and a trickling stream. None of this stressful nonsense. None of those stupid-heads. :(