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Traffic going into the LA area gets increasingly worse and worse the closer you get. In comparison to Phoenix Metro Area drivers LA drivers do drive quite a bit faster. I think it has something to do with the lack of snowbirds. Phoenix freeways have improved over the years but no matter what they do there are always those older people who think its their job to drive in the fast lane and slow everyone down, thinking they are doing everyone a favor. My advice to them is to reread the driving manual for AZDOT. It does say “Slower Traffic Keep Right”.

Anyway, after a good dose of asphalt I finally arrived at my unit. I got out of my truck and took a look at my tire. Apparently I was being watched over because my bad tire had no tread, no rubber on it anymore. It was just the wire mesh where it meets the road.

With all my careful planning there is always one thing that gets overlooked. Most of the time it is something I can do without but as Murphy’s Law states, the more important the occasion the more catastrophic failure you can experience. The tire going bald to the mesh doesn’t count as catastrophic because it didn’t blow and I still got there so the universe found something else. I had forgotten my shiny dress shoes in AZ, it was LA rush hour time and the closest Clothing and Sales was going to close in an hour and it was 45 minutes away, don’t forget the tire was ready to die.

Luckily my boss was there and volunteered to take me in his vehicle. So after a nice little rush hour drive my uniform was set and all that was left was some studying before the big day.

I got ready for sleep and jumped into my cot with the study guide. Instead of front to back I would open to the table of contents and pick a subject I didn’t know that well. I fell asleep reading…(to be continued)

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