Dead Birds

In less profound news, I keep meaning to write that I am very afraid of hitting animals while driving. It's a paranoia and, at night, I drive as slowly as is legally possible to ensure I don't hit anything. During the day, I am still uncomfortable with birds that fly over the road. This strange "hitting bird fear" started happening when I was pregnant and never stopped.

When driving, I find myself swerving to avoid them. At times, I feel they're playing daredevil games with "who can swoop closest to the car".

What usually happens is that a visual trick occurs. When I stop watching the road and focus on a (comparatively slow) bird, my depth perception goes awry and I think I'm going to hit the bird becuase I"m going so fast, even though it's not close enough.

Over the past 6 months, I've become unusually cautious.

A few months ago, I hit a bird.