Sea of Cars

I scheduled an Apple class this morning to learn how to protect and manage data on my Mac. In the past, I struggle with my Windows PC. I bought software that never seemed to work as advertised and I always fretted that I'd lose data if my computer crashed.
The new Mac has a program that constantly backs up the data to an external drive. The trainer, after checking my backup scheme, intentionally deleted a file off my desktop. He then deleted the trash basket and the file was gone.
He walked me through a total of three mouse clicks and the file was back on my desktop. Simply amazing.
I know all you Mac folks are shaking your heads about now wondering why it took so long for a reasonably smart guy to realize he should have been using a Mac -- but what can I say?
Anyhow after the class, I went to the newspaper office and worked on stories that have approaching deadlines.
I was waiting for Jilda to complete her yoga certification training (the next to the last class before she receives her 200 hours certification...big drumroll). When she called to say that class was over, I headed south for a few miles to pick her up. It was 4 p.m. When I stopped at a traffic light, the sky was clear and I could see for a mile or more ahead of me. What I saw was a sea of cars waiting for the light to change.
Before I became un-jobbed, this kind of traffic was common, and I rarely took notice. But these days, congestion for me is when Jilda and I both need ice from the fridge at the same time.
Even though the sky was clear, the exhaust from the idling cars made the scene look almost like a desert mirage because of how the cars seemed to shimmer in the distance.
Tomorrow the weatherman says the temps will reach 79 degrees. We may go straight from winter to summer this year, but I guess time will tell.
Y'all have a great weekend.

P.S. I mentioned a few posts back that I'd post the story I wrote about the children with Franconi Anemia. Here is the link to the story in the Homewood Star.