Let me tell you about the day I almost died. 

At the time, I was working as a Lyft driver based in Sacramento, CA. Things weren’t too bad, and they definitely could’ve have been worse. In fact, recent times had been looking up for me. I’d decided to go back to Sac City College to work on that degree I’d never got, I’d taken up this new driving job, and I’d finally lain my on-again/off-again, stalled relationship of three years to rest. I mean, I guess I hadn’t really been the one to lay it to...