Granted Wish

Thursday night I was on my way home from marketing class. The drive is about 30 minutes from the Devry campus to my house. It was nearly 10pm and I was tired. It had been a very long week, and I had been fighting off a cold and sinus infection. I drove in silence because sound of the radio hurt my pounding head. Needless to say my patience was minimal.

The majority of my drive was down Lake Street. Its a high traffic road with two lanes in each direction. There is a median between the east and westbound lanes.  As I was driving, about two blocks into the median, there was a break allowing the eastbound traffic to make a left turn onto a side street. The westbound side, the side I was driving, had a "No U Turn" sign. The car in front of me put on its left turnsignal, and slowed, at the break in the median. The continuous eastbound traffic prevented the car from making the illegal U turn, without coming to a complete stop.

The car stopped to wait. I stopped to wait. My impatience grew impatient. I yelled something obnoxious at the car, which I'm sure, was not heard through my closed windows. As I waited, I glanced in my rear view mirror and saw the headlights of several cars lined up behind me. All of them were probably just as annoyed as I was, at that moment. I made a quick wish that one of those cars was a police car. I wished that the police car would see the illegal U turn, pull the car over, and give them a ticket. They deserved it for making me stop and wait. After all, I was feeling tired, and sick, and I just wanted to go home.

The eastbound traffic cleared, and the car proceeded into its U turn. I continued on my way westbound. After passing the break in the median, I glanced into the rear view mirror and saw the red and blue lights begin flashing. I saw the police car that was two cars behind me make its U turn. My wish had been granted. It cheered me up and I drove the rest of the way home with the radio on.

That was the highlight of my week.