There are a million different ways to warm yourself up. You could take a hot shower, wrap yourself in blankets, or start a fire and sit next to it. I have used all of these methods before and each of them does the trick. It has been cold here recently and it has also rained. When it is cold and rainy sometimes the only way that truly works for me to warm up is to cuddle up next to my significant other. There is a warmth that they give off that warms more than just my body. I know it is cheesy to say, but laying next to someone you love warms you right down to the soul. I sit and read while he works away diligently tapping on the keyboard or flipping pages in his book. When the weather outside turns cold, blustery, and inhospitable it makes the warmth given by a loved one that much better. Their presence seems to ensure that although the weather is harsh there is still calm and serenity. It is nice to have that soothing feeling. It is all too easy to get wrapped up in the traffic, bad drivers, and uncomfortable wetness that comes with the rain. Having a calm warm person to cuddle up next to is the best way to shrug off the cold and rain from the day. Wrapping up in a cozy blanket next to my boyfriend is the perfect way to heat up and wind down. It truely is an unbelievably safe, and comforting warmth.

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People can’t usually drive very well, but when you throw some inclimate weather into the mix most folks driving skills go from terrible to absolute crap. I was driving in the snow the other day and I am careful and attentive, but I also know that my car is all-wheel drive, so I have a leg up on all those two wheel drive cars when it comes to gaining traction. As I drove along the highway I passed plenty of cars plopped in ditches, spinning uncontrollably, and just driving like crap. I am not a driving instructor nor do I have a perfect driving record, but when there is ice or people seem to lose their minds. Why can’t folks realize that bad weather takes more attention as well as confidence in your own abilities? Most people that I see clumped in a ditch or spinning like a top are older and I am guessing that they have been driving for years. So what the hell have they been doing for those years? Obviously not paying much attention to their driving habits, obviously. I am not exactly sure what exactly makes people bad drivers, but it seems that it is contagious because there are plenty of bad drivers out there. If you are afraid of driving when there is bad weather then stay home. The Department of Motor Vehicles handbook advises people not to drive when they are emotional, so remember that fear is an emotion. Driving is taken for granted by too many. Many people see driving as a necessity and a right rather than the privilege it is, so next time you get behind the wheel and there is bad weather, ask yourself if you are really ok to drive.

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Driving is fun and easy. If everyone did what they were supposed to do, driving would be safe and free of frustration as well. There is a certain etiquette that we all learn with driving experience. Some of the rules of driving etiquette are spoken, and some are not. An example of spoken driving etiquette is to stay in the right lane if you aren’t passing or driving faster than the flow of traffic. It makes sense. You just stay out of the way of people who are in a hurry. An example of an unspoken, slightly more obscure rule of driving etiquette is to turn in a timely manner. With the exception of red signs or lights, there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to almost come to a complete stop before you make a right hand turn! Just because you might move slow when you walk, doesn’t mean you have to drive your car the same way. I’m not saying anyone needs to speed, or drive unsafely, just reasonably. It’s just as dangerous to drive too slow or stop on a bust street before you turn into a parking lot. I’m a pretty laid back person, but bad drivers are one thing that I just can’t deal with. I don’t like my safety or time to be jeopardized because someone hasn’t learned the basics of good driving. Since I recently moved back to Lubbock a rush of unwanted emotion has filled me every time I venture out into the city. When I moved, I easily forgot how frustrating Lubbock drivers can be….Then I came back. A YEILD SIGN DOES NOT MEAN STOP! Stopping at every yield sign is a phenomenon I have only seen in Lubbock. People stop for yield signs even when they have their own lane to drive into! Unnecessary! This is an example of a spoken rule of etiquette . You do what the signs tell you to do. Hell, forget etiquette, that’s a LAW.

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