A success and a near-miss
It's been an interesting few hours.
Apparently, my statement and David's righteous ire convinced the committee. Not only did they drop the charges against him; they're now investigating the quality of the alarm system and the failure of the staff to make sure that a sick kid got out of the building. VICTORY!!!
As I was driving to work, the roads progressively worsened. By the time I left the highway and got onto the local road to my office, the roads were terrible. A couple of miles from the office, this silver Porsche comes flying toward me at extremely unsafe speed considering the weather. He tried to change lanes up above where I was, skidded, lost control of the car, crossed the center line, almost hit the front of my car, and crashed into a tree. I stopped along with a bunch of other people to wait for the paramedics, but once they'd arrived, I asked if I could go - I was too shaken to be any help and was about to break down. I'm honestly not sure if the other driver will live.
Right now, I am so very grateful to whatever higher power is out there for helping me get through this. I was joking with my landlord this morning that I'm like Job - somebody really seems to be testing me right now. He offered that Oprah suggests keeping a gratitude diary - write down something for which you're thankful every day and focus on that rather than on what went wrong. Well, I'm compelled to do so!
I'm so grateful that I insisted on buying the Volvo with excellent brakes and a winter traction mode that helped keep me from skidding. I'm extremely grateful to my parents for buying me new tires for Christmas, as the fresh tread may well have been what allowed me to stop in time. I'm very grateful that I have experience driving on snow and had some idea how to handle this nightmarish situation. I'm incredibly grateful to my mom, who talked to me and soothed me after this happened. If she hadn't been there for me, I probably would have broken down. I'm also very, very grateful to the folks here at work, who have been amazingly understanding about the fact that I got here late and may be too frazzled to get through all of my work today. All in all, I just feel very blessed to have made it through that terrifying ordeal unscathed.
All that said, I'm debating going home to my apartment and curling up in a blanket. I cancelled my dinner plans and am very compelled to just leave the office because I'm so jittery that I can't get anything done. I'm trying to calm down enough that I think that I won't be a danger to other drivers first, though.
Hopefully there will be some rest for the wicked pretty soon!
Apparently, my statement and David's righteous ire convinced the committee. Not only did they drop the charges against him; they're now investigating the quality of the alarm system and the failure of the staff to make sure that a sick kid got out of the building. VICTORY!!!
As I was driving to work, the roads progressively worsened. By the time I left the highway and got onto the local road to my office, the roads were terrible. A couple of miles from the office, this silver Porsche comes flying toward me at extremely unsafe speed considering the weather. He tried to change lanes up above where I was, skidded, lost control of the car, crossed the center line, almost hit the front of my car, and crashed into a tree. I stopped along with a bunch of other people to wait for the paramedics, but once they'd arrived, I asked if I could go - I was too shaken to be any help and was about to break down. I'm honestly not sure if the other driver will live.
Right now, I am so very grateful to whatever higher power is out there for helping me get through this. I was joking with my landlord this morning that I'm like Job - somebody really seems to be testing me right now. He offered that Oprah suggests keeping a gratitude diary - write down something for which you're thankful every day and focus on that rather than on what went wrong. Well, I'm compelled to do so!
I'm so grateful that I insisted on buying the Volvo with excellent brakes and a winter traction mode that helped keep me from skidding. I'm extremely grateful to my parents for buying me new tires for Christmas, as the fresh tread may well have been what allowed me to stop in time. I'm very grateful that I have experience driving on snow and had some idea how to handle this nightmarish situation. I'm incredibly grateful to my mom, who talked to me and soothed me after this happened. If she hadn't been there for me, I probably would have broken down. I'm also very, very grateful to the folks here at work, who have been amazingly understanding about the fact that I got here late and may be too frazzled to get through all of my work today. All in all, I just feel very blessed to have made it through that terrifying ordeal unscathed.
All that said, I'm debating going home to my apartment and curling up in a blanket. I cancelled my dinner plans and am very compelled to just leave the office because I'm so jittery that I can't get anything done. I'm trying to calm down enough that I think that I won't be a danger to other drivers first, though.
Hopefully there will be some rest for the wicked pretty soon!