Swish, swish, swish

Swish, swish, swish
The wipers on the bus go
Swish, swish, swish
All through the town.

With our great deluge lately, I've been forging a new relationship with the windshield wipers on our Honda Civic. I have to say that I feel sorry for people who do not have variable windshield wiper settings. In fact, for anyone buying a car in the lower mainland, I'd say that windshield wiper settings should be a major factor to consider.

This morning I got to drive to work and doing this allowed me to use all the different settings on the car. When we left it was lightly raining and the interval setting was enough. Then, when I dropped Lance off at work it started really pelting down, so I shortened the interval to the fastest one possible. But, then I had to drive along a major road so I switched them on to their low setting. However, this only seemed to make it rain harder, so they went all the way up to high. The heavy rain didn't last long though, so it got switched back down to low. I could go on and on, but you get the picture. It went this way for the entire 20 minute drive in to work this morning.

I think I'm kind of weird though. I've driven in heavy fog and torrential rain, and I kinda like it. It sort of gives you an adrenaline rush because you have to be even more aware of what's going on because of the reduced visibility. I guess my opinion might change if I were driving for more than 20 minutes or a half an hour at a stretch though. And, I don't think I'd like icy conditions very much. But, I guess time will tell since I'll probably face them this winter. The good news is that I don't panic nearly as much as I used to. I mean, a year ago, I probably would have opted to take the bus to work in the rain rather than drive by myself in it.