Don’t know if I mentioned this, but they recently decided to replace the bridge right outside of neighborhood. The result is a very fun three months where I have to take a mile and a half detour just to get home (which I have forgotten every day except about two, leaving me very grumpy by the time I actually make it to the house).
So, today, I’m headed out taking the normal detour, when lo and behold, there are giant signs on the detour saying road closed to through traffic. Ok. I was slightly annoyed to say the least, but the sign was right next to a neighborhood entrance, so I figured it’d be a short detour through the neighborhood. After wondering in the neighborhood for 5 minutes or so, I realized that the neighborhood on this side of the road closure did not connect with the neighborhood on the other side of the closure, so I had to backtrack all the way back out of the neighborhood, back through the detour, and take another detour path which took even longer.
On my way out of the neighborhood, I stopped to ask the workers, who were intently examining the road closed sign, if this was some sort of joke or something. Their reply? "Well, it’s been on the website for weeks now." oh, yes, I forgot, as a citizen of the almighty Pearland, I should be checking the city construction website daily. Stupid me. I forgot it was my civic duty to keep up with idiotic city planning.
I thought about strangling the guy, but I couldn’t reach him. Plus, he had a shovel and a hard hat. (it’s the hard hat that’s intimidating, of course.)
In other news, it’s worth mentioning that Rock Band is awesome. It’s awesome by itself, but when you put it together with three good friends, it’s even more awesomer. 