Not exactly my first accident ever (I've been in three before), but my first one in NY. Not really a cause to celebrate. In fact I'm still pretty upset about the whole thing especially since there are a whole lot of "what if" scenarios that I've played over in my head.
First of all, it was Saturday morning and I had to work at the Gap which isn't that unusual, but because of Holiday hours the mall opened at 8 am.... 8 am! Who in their right mind shops that early in the morning? The answer is no one. Had the mall opened at normal hours (10:00) the roads would have been clear.
Second of all, it was the first major snow fall of the season. Whoever told me that they really maintain the roads around here must have never gone out on the roads early on a Saturday morning. Not maintained is all I can say. If only it had not snowed so much the night before...
And how about those brand new tires we got less than a week ago? Yeah, those all weather tires don't really cover snowy weather I guess. The guy I hit, who turned out to be a doctor that I knew of from work told me that he would never drive his 4 wheel drive car in the winter without snow tires. Information like that could have been useful last week.
Also, I decided to give myself plenty of time to get to work since there was snow on the ground. I'm talking about 30 minutes for a 15 minute commute. What if I had given myself 20 minutes? Even with an accident, I still managed to get to work on time. Boo.
Ben even said what if he didn't decide to wake up and scrape the snow off my window. Such a good husband, but could that have prevented my accident? Mmm, probably not.
Ben was so good about the whole thing and didn't even get angry when I told him or when he saw the car. I think he was more disappointed that I didn't hit the guy harder so we could have totalled our car.
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Sorry about the car. Glad you are all right. Kudos to Ben for being a great husband. Last time you had an accident in the snow, he turned out to be a great boyfriend, remember?
Ugh. And this is why I don't like snow very much. I tend to hibernate until the roads are clear. It's a good thing that Fairfax County Public Schools are chicken because I don't want to be driving in snow at 5:45am. It's so nice when you're husband knows you're more important than a car!
Have fun with the e-brake until you get comfortable with it. I used it a handful of times to avoid impending collisions, and with a touch of finesse.
I speak from experience, having been in no less than 6 car accidents, 5 of which were my fault.
I'll stop writing now.
I guess you need to practice playing MarioKart on tracks like Frappe Snowland or Sherbet Land. Just kidding, I'm glad you're okay.
Bummer!!!!!!!!!!! I'm glad you're okay, but that really does suck. I think that is one of the worst feelings in the world when you are completely out of control, sliding on ice! Gives me chills just thinking about it.
I'm glad you and baby are ok. How did the accident go down?
That is so scary! I'm just glad you and baby are okay! So, off topic but I was wondering does your family still live in Poway? I don't know why but I'm not sure if they do...hmmm. Well we just wanted to tell you that we with Dan and Ashley Henry are having a kind of reunion Poway party on December 26th and would love for you guys to come. It will be at the Carpenter's house. There is blog you can check out for details and make a profile if you want.
reunionrubbish.blogspot.com
Also, we can't seem to get Jordan's email info. so if you could pass on this message to him for us that would be great! We hope to see you there!
sorry for the monster comment!!!
I guess I didn't really explain how I got in the accident... I was getting off the freeway and slowing down for a red light. I was going like 5 mph and I was braking way early, but my brakes locked up and I kept going...right into the bumper of a nice Acura SUV. So no airbags deploying or anything which is good.
Sorry to hear about the accident. If you need money to pay for it you can cash the check I gave you for my suit. hint, hint. This just confirms that we will not be visiting until winter is over, say, late August.
Bummer. How much snow do you have up there now? It is snowing like crazy here, but no accidents yet. Just nearly broken windshield wipers...don't tell Jamieson.
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