I AM SO HARDCORE... sniffle

Let me start this little diatribe with a few thank yous. Thank you God, thank you to the 3 strangers that I may never see again for your help and support and even the hug while I cried, thank you to the people who at least stopped and asked if I needed anything, thank you Wally for coming to the rescue (AGAIN), thank you to the 911 dispatcher that checked on me, thank you to the officer that responded with kindness and patience, thank you Momma, thank you Mike, Bernard and everyone at work for your understanding, thank you to 'Alex' the wrecker driver for not financially raking me over the coals and thank you Tom Tom for making time for me. Thank you all for helping me get through this morning, by sharing your strength and support helping me get through a truly horrific experience and helping me remember that no matter how bad it gets a sense of humor is crucial. Most of all, thank you all for making sure that I could get home to my kids and to my husband.

I have been trying to get back in here and blog for several days now. Well now that I am, this morning's events have superseded anything that I had originally wanted to share. I'll get back to that in a while. For now... I'm happy yet again that I where I am. SO many people that seemed to pop up out of no where to help out someone in need. It's been a long time since I have seen so many go out of their way without expectation or due to obligation.

I was in a fairly serious car accident this morning on my way to work. I was less than 2 blocks from my place of business, when while changing lanes preparing to turn into the parking lot I hit a wet spot in the road and lost control of my vehicle. I wasn't speeding. I wasn't on my cell or distracted or anything. The road was slick and my tires didn't have as much tread as they should have.

At approximately 38 MPH I signalled for a lane change, attempted to make the change and went into a spin. I let off the accelerator and did not attempt to hit the brakes. I attempted to ride out the spin hoping not to hit anyone and come to a stop, right my vehicle and continue on to the parking lot where I would sit for a bit and cry before heading into work. As the spin slowed, I went to correct my heading as I was now facing the wrong way into oncoming traffic, but I had begun to slide. I slid back across traffic, bounced up onto the curb, hit a fire hydrant forcing the driver's side door into my lap and shattering the window. The hydrant was uprooted and drug under the car and when the car did come to an abrupt stop, thanks to the help of a street light pole, I was wedged in the car between the hydrant and the light post. Thanks again to God that, for whatever the reason, the water supply to the hydrant was turned off.

My leg was pinned between the seat and the car door. The three strangers that came to my rescue and pried me out of the car. One was even kind enough to remind me how to use my cell phone and hugged me while I cried. She even waited with me until the police arrived and made sure that I was taken care of before she left. The car is toast. I called work and one of my supervisors came and helped me out. I did go into work very briefly to wait for my FIL to pick me up and to tie up some loose ends. On a good note, switching to the little gecko's insurance was not only cheaper but they are covering everything. The rest of the story is just a series of events that are bothersome and oddly enough funny, but most likely only to me.

Anyway, as we approach the end of this day. I find myself damn near exhausted, very sore and again overwhelmingly appreciative for the blessings in my life. I am spending tomorrow afternoon with some one that I have not seen in a little over 15 years. We are supposed to be involved with a 5k fun run kind of thing. I am fretful now more than ever of my physical ability to keep up. However if it really came down to it, I'd do this thing with broken glass in my sneakers just to have that time with her again. So now all I have to do is reassure the hubby that I'm OK. This should be an interesting evening.

Well I'm about tapped out, so until next time. G'night


--> Will post pics of the car later.