Wherein I Complain About Unimportant Things.

Our apartment is .3 miles¹ from the exit off US 50². As such, I frequently exit the freeway to get back home. If I'm coming from the north, which I almost always am, I have to turn left on Richland. 90% of the time, I'm waiting for the light to turn green. No problem. The annoying part is that there are two more lights after I proceed under an overpass that seem to be for some reason wired with the light I'm faced with getting off 50. When it turns green, the others turn red. There is no reason for this, and it happens whether or not there are cars waiting. And usually by the time the second light turns green, someone coming the opposite way is in the left hand turn lane, making me wait another 15 seconds to get home. This is all unnecessary and needs to stop.

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1 Did we measure it? Yes. Yes, we did.

2 The road spans more than 3,000 miles from Ocean City, Maryland, to West Sacramento, California. Obviously, it's one of the country's longest roads. I like the theoretical idea that with just a couple turns I can visit my friend Brenda in Sacramento.