I pinch myself to make sure that it is not a dream within a dream, and then I try my best to get back to the very same pleasant dream that I was originally enjoying, before I got interrupted... and You?

From Orange County to Universal Studios Theme Park in Hollywood in 2005.

We were stuck in horrendous CA bumper-to-bumper traffic. I could see our exit from my car, but we could barely inch forward every 2 minutes. My bladder was about to burst, and everyone in the car was hoping secretly to see me pee in my pants. They hid everything out of sight, except for a half-empty 8-ounce bottle of water, as if daring me to my perfect my aim and control. Then they handed me a beach towel. WTF? Minutes felt like weeks and months, not days. OMG, OMG, OMG...

As I was about the give up holding my breadth and let go, my friend in the back seat tossed me a brand new can of tennis balls, urging "TRY THAT!". I opened the can, unloaded the balls, and let everything go into it in less than 3 seconds, in one single motion. WOWWW! What a RELIEF! It took almost a minute of gratification to fill up the entire can, but it's so much better than having to urinate in a brand new SUV rental, don't you think?

That 2-hour drive was probably the longest car ride that I have taken in my life. As time almost stood still, and I really got to test the limits of my own ability to hold everything in. I couldn't help but wonder whatever happened to some of the people stuck in their own cars, all around our car? I sure hope that everyone managed to figure something out. Let Human Ingenuity and Emergency Resourcefulness reign!