Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Karmic Collision
In that instant, my mantra turned from a zombie-esque, "coffee. coffee. coffee," to more of a horrified, "Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit!"
Apparently, I was not the only one who had a reaction, as several cars had to pull over to steady themselves.. or to stop in case the imminent accident were to require witness reports. I'm not sure which. I do know that if the latter is true, I was certainly one among them since I was weighing whether or not I would be able to: a.)see a car roll 5 times across a median and render aid b.)watch a car drive into the side of a gas station, burst into flames, and then be mentally Ok at having seen that happen c.)watch a car drive headfirst into another car, an all to popular murder/suicide method in this area.
What exactly was my responsibility in a situation like this? What I really wanted to do was keep driving and pretend that nothing happened. But then I'm far too responsible (or weak depending on interpretation) to ever be the girl who drives off to cope with whatever guilty instability witnessing something like that would entail. Luckily for me there were no injuries, only a severe traffic violation. Unfortunately, however, the rest of my day picked up the slack - havoc for whatever karma didn't come around in one specific accident. Five discipline referrals and an injured body later (I fell again at school), I limped my way through my front door, stupidly dedicated to "trying again" tomorrow.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Karmic Collision
In that instant, my mantra turned from a zombie-esque, "coffee. coffee. coffee," to more of a horrified, "Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit!"
Apparently, I was not the only one who had a reaction, as several cars had to pull over to steady themselves.. or to stop in case the imminent accident were to require witness reports. I'm not sure which. I do know that if the latter is true, I was certainly one among them since I was weighing whether or not I would be able to: a.)see a car roll 5 times across a median and render aid b.)watch a car drive into the side of a gas station, burst into flames, and then be mentally Ok at having seen that happen c.)watch a car drive headfirst into another car, an all to popular murder/suicide method in this area.
What exactly was my responsibility in a situation like this? What I really wanted to do was keep driving and pretend that nothing happened. But then I'm far too responsible (or weak depending on interpretation) to ever be the girl who drives off to cope with whatever guilty instability witnessing something like that would entail. Luckily for me there were no injuries, only a severe traffic violation. Unfortunately, however, the rest of my day picked up the slack - havoc for whatever karma didn't come around in one specific accident. Five discipline referrals and an injured body later (I fell again at school), I limped my way through my front door, stupidly dedicated to "trying again" tomorrow.
7 comments:
- Pam said...
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Holy moly! I would have to stop and calm down, too. Do you have any idea what caused this? Texting, maybe? My newest pet peeve. Glad no one was hurt.
- December 8, 2009 at 7:20 AM
- Happy Fun Pants said...
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I have the same reaction to horrible (possibly) car accidents like that. And I freak out and call 911 to report it too.
It sounds like you had one doozy of a day...my hope is that there was a glassful of wine at the end of it waiting for you. - December 8, 2009 at 8:32 AM
- Amy said...
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Hope you have a better day today. I know there will be tons of accidents today. We have a huge snow storm and that is not good. Some people just do not watch what is going on.
- December 8, 2009 at 9:35 AM
- Christine said...
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Sorry about that. Tiger and I were fighting again. We need to stop doing that in the car.
love,
a Swede you know - December 8, 2009 at 6:00 PM
- Meems said...
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Glad you're ok!! :)
Wait, what? Was Hobbes involved?! - December 9, 2009 at 8:07 PM
- Lisa (the girls' moma) said...
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Dude, I'm just impressed by the 5 referrals. You go girl! Final exams be damned!!!
- December 14, 2009 at 1:07 AM
- Helen McGinn said...
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I'm sending you all my good karma for tomorrow. I may live to regret it but the way I see it, I'll get double the day after, right?
Right?? - December 14, 2009 at 5:36 PM
7 comments:
Holy moly! I would have to stop and calm down, too. Do you have any idea what caused this? Texting, maybe? My newest pet peeve. Glad no one was hurt.
I have the same reaction to horrible (possibly) car accidents like that. And I freak out and call 911 to report it too.
It sounds like you had one doozy of a day...my hope is that there was a glassful of wine at the end of it waiting for you.
Hope you have a better day today. I know there will be tons of accidents today. We have a huge snow storm and that is not good. Some people just do not watch what is going on.
Sorry about that. Tiger and I were fighting again. We need to stop doing that in the car.
love,
a Swede you know
Glad you're ok!! :)
Wait, what? Was Hobbes involved?!
Dude, I'm just impressed by the 5 referrals. You go girl! Final exams be damned!!!
I'm sending you all my good karma for tomorrow. I may live to regret it but the way I see it, I'll get double the day after, right?
Right??
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