Tonight is the first night in a while that I have been clear-headed enough to write. It’s also one of the few nights I’ve been home and alert in weeks – for one reason or another we’ve been out of town. We spent quite a bit of time visiting Joshua’s parents and then we house/dog-sat for them. Then we went out of town on Tuesday to spend the night in Newnan because Noah’s tooth extraction was on Wednesday. The latter gets its own entry though. So does Noah’s milestones, but let me just say this – huge. language. explosion. I’m loving it!
Last Friday, while we were house-sitting, Joshua’s grandmother (Mimi) ended up in the hospital due to an allergic reaction to her medication. We went to pick her up and Joshua took her car to the apartment to clean up while Noah and I took her home (she lives with Joshua’s parents). It was on our way back that we got into a wreck.
Yes, you heard me correctly. I was in my very first accident that involved another car and I just so happened to be behind the wheel.
An 18-wheeler (18w) was headed towards me and the driver was in my lane. I slowed down but he showed no signs of stopping so I had to swerve and eventually slam on my brakes. Even though I had gone from about 45mph to 20 mph, the car behind me couldn’t stop in time and slammed into me. The 18w was gone by then and the other driver came up to me with a bewildered expression, asking what I was doing. I told him I was avoiding a head-on collision with the 18w and proceeded to call 911. His wife kept glaring at me and looking pointedly at her kid, like I didn’t have a child of my own to think about. By that point, I had already verified that Noah and Mimi were okay…my first thought, as soon as I felt the other car hit, was of Noah. I was terrified the truck wouldn’t stop in time but thankfully Noah was just surprised by the bump and was more interested in playing with his hackey sack.
Anyway, long story short, the state patrol came out (Joshua followed shortly after) because we were technically on a residential highway run by the state. It was deemed to be the other driver’s fault and our insurance companies are busy figuring out all of the details. His truck was hardly scratched but our trunk is crunched up pretty good. I replaced Noah’s carseat within two hours of the accident and Joshua had fun destroying the old one with his drill. ;-)
I hope that our trunk can get fixed but even if something goes wrong, I am just thankful to God that we are all okay and that our car is driveable. It could have been SO much worse and as terrible as I feel about what happened, I know it was the better of two options. Joshua pointed out that we would not likely have survived a head-on collision with an 18-wheeler at 45mph.
The rest of the week, up until today, has been just as hectic and I’m just thankful to be home, in my own bed, next to my husband. Tomorrow (today, really) we’ll be heading back out to his parents’ house for a few hours to celebrate Shannon’s birthday (Happy Birthday!) but our weekend plans are Rest, Relax and Rejuvenate!
Oh, and before I just spring it on here…I will be rehauling my site a little bit. I have been trying very hard to fit into some sort of niche so I could get visitors that would come back and tell me how much I don’t suck and how cute my kid is and blah blah blah. Unfortunately, that means editing who I am a little bit and that seems wrong. This is my site, for me, for my memories and archives and catalogs. In the end, when I’m re-reading this entries years down the line, who is going to still be around? Me. And I don’t want to censor anything anymore.
That means that I’ll be importing my Neopets entries to the main blog. It also means I may post a ton of pictures here, too. It also means that there might be, *gasp*, cussing! (I might as well be a sailor. Really. Sorry…kinda.) Well, not so much cussing, because I’m trying to set an example for my son, but if something slips I’m just warning you not to be surprised.
So here I am. I really want to stick with this site because I’ve enjoyed blogging alongside my husband and in the midst of so much turmoil in my life, I need something light and easy. Wish me luck.