cold turkey. seriously.

Almost got killed getting coffee today. Again.  And this time there was no rain. No snow.  Just that stupid pedestrian crossing with no lights.  Just a flimsy yellow sign indicating that its a pedestrian crossing. Which basically calls out, appeals to drivers to either slow down when you get near it or STOP when you see a pedestrian trying to cross.  Obviously my poor (albeit slightly overweight) body can’t argue with 2 tons of steel, so normally I will stand and hope that there will be a break in traffic soon before dashing across with my quarter-filled (drank the rest of it walking from Starbuck to the pedestrian crossing) coffee praying that I won’t get killed.  But despite how careful I am, sometimes, just sometimes, I come so close to loosing my life that I want to swear off coffee.  So today, I am swearing off coffee.  For real.  At least, the daily morning Starbucks coffee during the work week anyway.  I run very little risk of dying when I go for my weekend coffee, so yellow teeth or not, I doubt I’ll be giving up the weekend coffee.  I need something to look forward to once in a while…