My car didn't blow up while I was driving it to school yesterday. I took it to the shop this morning. Everything is fine now. My car shouldn't blow up any time soon (if it's not provoked).

My day seemed pretty normal, but then something bizarre happened...

As I was drving home from running a few errands earlier today, I saw a peacock on the side of the road. Yes, I said a PEACOCK, as in the bird with the huge tail of feathers. I wish I had had my camera with me. It was weird. I guess someone lost it or it had escaped from someone's backyard. That would not surprise me, because I was driving in the nice part of town. Even so, you don't drive through the city of Wichita and expect to see a peacock outside of the zoo wandering along the side of the road like a lost dog. It just doesn't happen. I'm still trying to figure out why someone would have a peacock.


Archive Photo: Sr. Benicio's peacock, not the one I saw today. Benicio was a guy I met in Brazil. His family had a peacock (Don't ask me why they had one, because I don't know). 

For the few of you who do read this, I did stop my car and try to do something about it. I was going to try to return it to its owner(s) but when it saw me it ran into the bushes and trees on the side road and disappeared. I must have looked like an idiot searching for that elusive peacock. I didn't see it again. When I realized that I probably wouldn't find it, I got back into my car and drove away. The end.