I saw the sign & it opened up my eyes

I was late already. Traffic wasn't moving, as clearly it's completely reasonable for it to take a half hour to traverse the 2 miles from my house to the freeway. And all I wanted to do was take my travel mug and throw it (and my coffee) at the head of the driver next to me...the one who was listening to his heavy metal so loudly I could feel my earrings vibrate.

It was one of those mornings where you can't help but think, "My god, this day is going to seriously suck." I wished that I was in the midst of a Saturday, or still in bed...or at least still in the shower. And then, while stopped at that red light, the universe sent me what I like to think was a little sign.

First, my mouth dropped open. Then, I suffered a full-body shutdown as I was trying to laugh my ass off while also manically digging with my right hand to find my camera buried in my bag.

Now, usually I would never do such a thing...trying to take pictures while also driving on a L.A. freeway...but THIS was too good. Plus, Teen would NEVER believe this without photographic proof, so sometimes a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

Sometimes, a girl has got to take 6 pictures of the truck in front of her - and say THANK YOU UNIVERSE FOR MAKING ME LAUGH.

Maybe there was someone traveling on the 405 that morning who saw this and thought I DID ALMOST FALL THIS MORNING. AND I WAS WEARING MY TOWEL WHILE IN THE SHOWER TOO. SHE COULD BE ME! Or, maybe I wasn't the only one taking pictures while wiping tears of laughter away.

Click. You won't regret a close-up.

On the side of a truck a picture of someone slipping in a shower would have likely been worth 1,000 words, it's true. But a fully portable mock-shower complete with green curtain, shower head, shampoo placed in a shampoo caddy, yellow loofah and a mannequin wearing a towel who is about to stiffly slip and crush in her plastic head? Well, that is absolutely, laughably, make-my-crappy-morning PRICELESS.