I’m one of those people who think about things. Even worse than that, I vocalize my thoughts. What’s wrong with that? You ask. Well, some of the shit that goes through my mind is so useless and annoying. Not annoying to me, obviously, but to others. Mainly my sister.

She and I use to work together. One morning, on our way to work, we got stopped at a signal light. While sitting there, I noticed, in the left hand turning lane across from us, there were about 8-12 cars waiting for the green arrow to signal them into a safe left turn.

Something odd caught my attention in that line of cars. I noticed all of the cars had their left blinker on. You could see 8-12 blinking orange lights, but they were all blinking at a different rate, speed and sequence.

I called her attention to the line of cars and their blinking lights. I asked her Do you think they are blinking differently because: 1- They are all different makes/models of cars? 2- Approached the intersection at different times (obviously) and turned their blinkers on at a different time than the car’s in front of them? 3- Do you think if all those cars were lined up and were told On your mark, get set, GO! And all turned their blinkers on at the same time that they would blink together?

Did she engage me in conversation about the endless possibilities of the lights blinking in front of us? No. Did she quietly sit and reflect on the suggested possibilities? No. Her response? The shit in your head bugs the fuck out of me!

Thanks, Sis, I love you too.