Screaming Bean |
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
I guess I was a bit too self-absorbed yesterday. My day got much worse on the way home. Driving home, on a curve less than 5 minutes from home, I hit a patch of what must have been black ice, and took on an utility pole on my side of the road. Nothing worse than feeling the back-end of your car coming around on you and not knowing what would happen next. My trusty Malibu gamely took the impact but I fear that the car will be totaled. Both airbags deployed, though since I was moving side to side at the time, what I really could have used was side curtain airbags (not an option on a 2000). At the scene I was good, no visible injury, no reason to call for an ambulance. Very sore this morning, and my right knee isn't working all that well. Sleep was highly troubled, in that the accident was in permanent loop in my brain. Luckily, no one else was involved, but chances are I need to look for a new car now. Spouse has been an absolute dear, cleaned out my car before the tow truck arrived (down to saving my college license plate bracket), fed me soup and grilled cheese, and even altered the job schedule to take me and pick me up from work. My mother may never be the same though...she heard the whole thing over my cell phone via my headset.
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