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A Close Call!

Thursday morning, just as I was about to head out of the house, I got one of those mind numbing, bone chilling calls that nobody likes to get. Actually, to make it worse, it was a voicemail that nobody likes to get. It started out like this, "Honey, I am okay, but I was just in an accident..."

Yuck!!!!!

Frantically, I called Brenda back, who was shaken up, but overall, doing pretty well. She wasn't hurt, adrenaline was pumping, but nothing physically wrong. She was merging onto I-35, headed to work about 7:15am. Traffic was about normal, slow, but still moving. In the lane next to her was a Ford Bronco. Somebody cut off the Bronco, and when he slammed on his brakes, his wheels locked up and without any control, slid right into Brenda. Fortunately, no one was injured.

The passenger side is pretty banged up, but it wasn't sufficient to deploy the airbags or break any windows. Thank goodness the guy had insurance, and he promptly accepted responsibility. Brenda didn't push for a police report and they parted after exchanging information. Brenda is taking the car to the body shop today to have it fixed up. I can't tell you how thankful I was that Grace was with me that morning. The accident didn't end up being all that serious, but the shock and surprise would have been enough to push the whole situation over the edge.

Remarkably, we ended up having a great weekend after that little incident. We got lots of work done around the house. The yard is mowed, the pool is sparkly clean and Brenda took care of a good bit of the inside spring cleaning as well. That's not to say that there aren't projects, because there is always SOMETHING we could work on!

It wasn't all work this weekend, we also got to spend some time with friends on Saturday night. That is something we haven't had the chance to do much of lately. Sitting around, eating fajitas, and catching up with friends has become a precious and uncommon way to spend an evening. Grace was really, really good this weekend. I think we may have finally gotten past that double ear infection. She is done with her meds, and she seems so much happier, and much less congested. Sunday we went to the park to feed the ducks and got to see lots of little ducklings trying out their sea legs. It was fun to watch Grace's eyes light up when she saw them. She talked about it all evening long. If everything works out like we plan, this next weekend we should have some bluebonnet pictures to share. Check out the photo album to see some pics of Brenda's car. We may have to start a betting pool to guess how much the damage costs!
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Unknown said…
teach brenda that when she's in an accident to get out of the car screaming about her lower back...i get 15% idea fee.
April 7, 2008 at 8:23 PM
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