HWY17

[Drunk Monk]

I hit it early this morning. I was waking up every half hour, stressing the storm and the commute, still aching from Wednesday's 3 hour uphill stick shift PTSD, so I was on the road by 5am. Driving HWY17 in the driving rain is always a white knuckler, but I cleared it at around 40-50 mph. The slide area is clear! But they still have the lane closed because they are monitoring the slide area prudently. As I drove by, I saw mudballs the size of coconuts coming down.  There was an additional reduction to one lane NB after Laurel curve but I couldn't see why in the dark downpour. This is our submission deadline week so I have to be in the office. I'll stay at my mom's this week, unless the storm abates and HWY17 NB opens again.

Now I'm at the Starbucks near my office, nursing a cup for the next hour and a half until someone shows up to open the door. They've been saying they'll get me a key for the past 15 years - a lot more lately but I'm still keyless. I hate Starbucks. What's more, I gotta take my coffee with cream now or it triggers some odd acid reflex reaction hurls me into coughing fits later and I hate coffee with cream. HWY17 continues to spank me in 2017. I've must have been a bad kitty. Very, very bad.

Happy Prez Day! Hope the rest of you are off work.

P.S. tg has been eerily silent through this latest HWY17 ordeal. Whazzup tg?