I don't generally have much to vent about, and this maybe isn't even a vent, but it has been on my mind all day and I can't get it off: I almost got hit, and probably killed, by a car this morning. I don't even know how I didn't. Just sheer luck that I happened to look up at just the right time to be able to stop when I could see the driver wasn't going to. I looked both ways before crossing the street, as I always do every morning on my way to work. The green car on my left stopped, and there was absolutely nobody coming from my right. Nobody. There was not a car to be seen. I hit the pedestrian crossing light, looked both ways again, and began walking. As I was in the middle of the road, I realized that there was a car nearby that sounded a lot louder and a lot faster than it should. I looked to my right, toward the sound, just in time to see a car flying down the road coming right my way with no intention of slowing or stopping. If I'd looked up even a millisecond later, there is no way he would not have hit me. And with the speed at which he was going, I either would have been totally mangled or dead. I was thisclose to him as he blew past me and at first I was more angry than scared and so I yelled at the guy and threw my arms in the air in a "WTF are you doing?!" way. He didn't stop or slow to apologize or anything. Just kept going, completely oblivious to his surroundings. When I finished crossing the road I turned around and the lady in the green car was still sitting there staring at me with this horrified/shocked but relieved look on her face. I just started shaking and was so glad that I was ok and everything worked out in my favour. I was and still am so mad at that driver, though. Obviously he didn't set out this morning to purposely almost run somebody over, but still. Pay attention!!
I know it doesn't sound like much when written out and it's one of those "you had to have been there" stories, but it's put me in a horrible, funny feeling all day. I'm glad nothing actually happened and all is well, but it was very scary and kind of hard to shake as soon as I start thinking about it again.