I love November! Halloween, probably my least favorite holiday, is over. It is a beautiful time of year with the lovely colors of the changed leaves against the background of an often bubblegum pink and blue sky as the sun sets in the west.

It is a wonderful time of year to reflect on all of the things, experiences, and people we have to be thankful for. The stores start filling up with Thanksgiving decor, and with Christmas fast approaching, the shelves begin to fill with Christmas trees, stocking, ornaments, dishes, and more. The cinnamon smell of pine cones permiates the air when walking through the entrance at several of the local markets and big box stores.

It is time to break out the sweaters and jackets when spending time outdoors. Indoors, the fireplace is lit and steaming hot chocolate in a large mug topped with marshmallows, warms my hands as I wrap my fingers as far around the mug as possible.

There is a chill in the air, but there is no snow on the ground in Idaho yet. So, my husband and I thought it would be a great weekend to deliver for Uber Eats and DoorDash. Actually, on Friday evening, we delivered for Amazon…in a small college town about a half-hour north of us. It was a relatively small order of 21 packages. It took a total of three hours, including drive time there and back.

Yesterday and today, we drove for Uber Eats and DoorDash, depending on how busy either one was. It was so much fun! We enjoy delivering because it gives us time to talk.

Also, my husband sees some crazy things sometimes when he is sitting in the car waiting for me while I  go into the various restaurants to pick up the orders. Today, the craziest thing he has ever seen happened.

We stopped at Big Bear Diner this morning to pick up a breakfast order for someone who ordered through DoorDash. The brown bag with skinny handles was a very convenient way for the store to package up the order for us gig drivers.

When I arrived back at my car with the bag in hand, my husband said, “You are not going to believe what just happened!” He said he was watching out his passenger side window at the busy four lane street the parking lot was next to. He said it was very busy and there were cars that were stopped at the stoplight. There was a white car with a middle-aged woman driver who wanted to make a right turn from the right turn lane. However, the line of cars was so long that they were stopped back far enough that she could not get past them to access the right turn lane.

She took matters into her own hands. With visible frustration on her face, she pulled her car up on the sidewalk and passed all of the cars until she could finally reach the open turn lane where she dropped back down off of the sidewalk! Good thing there were no pedestrians walking on that stretch of the sidewalk at that moment!

I’m so thankful no one got hurt. Next time, my husband will be ready with the video recorder on his phone. He said he was so astonished at this woman’s actions that he could hardly think of what to do except watch in disbelief that she was driving on the sidewalk.

Ahhhh… November. What a crazy, beautiful, wonderful time of year.