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May 07, 2007
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Ah dearies. Your little speedracer kid met her comeuppance on Friday morning. Picture the scene: hot chick cruising down I-70 in the Audi, late to the back-cracker, 8 minutes after waking up...a black Expedition comes sneaking up on the left side...but lo - what is this? She never saw it coming. Breaking into first-person: I sideswiped him, causing almost no damage to my car (tiny scrape) and nearly none to his, which didn't prevent his side airbag from deploying in a cloud of sulfurous safety scent. After realizing what had happened, we both pulled off the road and managed to exchange all the relevant info before I burst into tears. I don't know if it was the tears, or the shock, or my incessant apologies and promises to "do whatever to make this right," but the guy took pity on me and was the *nicest* dude ever about the situation. He even gave me some toilet paper. For my face, dirtbags. Get your mind up out the gutts.
In a shell of summation, if I had to have something really scary happen to me - this was the way to go. Granted, I was really shaken and overwhelmed by the experience and spent most of the day alternating between hysterical crying jags and...well...there really wasn't an alternate. I was either recovering from one, in the midst of one or about to start on one. All's well, of course, and natch-0 my friends and family whom I spoke with about it managed to lend really awesome and valuable perspective. (Ex: It's a little too close to a scene from driver's ed. - "red asphalt." - Molly P.) Honest to Betsy, I don't know what I would've done without them. As my Mom said, "It happens to everyone...you think it won't happen to you, but then it does and you slow down and drive more carefully and continue on."
Words of wisdom from Katherine the elder.
I'm just so happy to have been given another chance to prove that, why yes, I am the world's finest driver, thanks for asking.
One more thing...red asphalt?
More like grodes asphalt.
That's just too foul for words. Nice one.
Posted by Bree at May 7, 2007 11:21 AM