Why???

I honestly am getting more and more afraid to drive in this city. I drive a lot every day and I see many things that make me shake my head, but what I saw today was terrifying!

We were eastbound on a major street in the left lane near the intersection. There was a low concrete median between the east and westbound lanes of traffic near this intersection and a left hand turn lane. On the westbound side of the median, an accident had just occurred. Pretty minor, but still the back car had a crushed hood. A woman getting in to the left hand turn lane on my side slowed down to make sure there were no injuries. A huge truck behind her started laying on his horn and honking like crazy at her, even though the light was red, so it wasn't like there was anywhere for him to go anyway. The light is still red and she's still creeping along, when suddenly, the big red truck goes over the median into the westbound lanes of traffic and goes around and cuts in front of the woman. All in order to sit at the red light. In order to gain one car length. In order to save two seconds, this idiot in his big truck put his life and the lives of countless others in danger. It was honestly one of the scariest things I've ever seen while driving. I just don't understand why people think that whatever they have to do, wherever they have to go is so much more important than anything else going on. It boggles the mind and makes me intensely frightened to drive myself, let alone ever let my children drive.

In other not so pleasant news, we found out yesterday that a good friend of my husband has a 9 inch long mass wrapped around a bone in her arm. This was discovered during a chest xray for bronchitis. This woman is so amazing. She has numerous children, many adopted. She and her partner are foster parents to countless children. They are amazing people and give so much of themselves to others. Hopefully this is something that has been caught early enough to be taken care of. Please pray...

And pray for my mom. She' turning 60 in February. At her last physical they found something that may or may not be a problem. She'll be having an outpatient procedure done on March 2nd to determine how serious the issue is. I'm pretty certain it's nothing, but this is my MOM! I need her to be okay...