Rush Hour Traffic

For time reference: This happened like mid-May

I was driving back to school after coaching a baseball game and I decided to take another way back just for fun.

Mistake 1: I drove back on interstate 94 during rush hour traffic.
Mistake 2: I had to take an exit next to University Avenue where road construction is making way for light rail.
Mistake 3: We lost the baseball game so I was pretty frustrated and stressed out. (not really a mistake, but a contributing factor)

Traffic was backed up, I was getting inpatient and frazzled with everything going on with the day. I was switching lanes getting ready to exit when all of a sudden everyone started moving like crazy, getting into the shoulder, making room for something.

There was an ambulance trying to weave through traffic. I thought: What could be more stressful than that?

After the ambulance passed I realized something.

Everyone in traffic knew that they didn't have it as bad as the ambulance. Whatever the ambulance was doing was far superior than their priorities. So, we, as a group, got out of the way to make way for what's more important. My frustrations were lifted after that, everything seemed a little better.

The rest of the drive didn't go so well, after weaving through multiple parking lots and construction zones I finally made it back to school.

I promised myself to keep consistent and stay away from that area for a long time.