Now onto another, may more somber note. Friday we were invited over to the Pelphrey's house for steak. We were invited because I helped Brandi the day she was sick at school and she said they were going to do something for us for taking her home. On the way over to their house, we had to make a quick stop by the mall and we were just driving along on a road near the mall when time slowed down. There was a car in front of us in the right-hand lane that passed us. The car then jerked a little bit like the driver realized she was going off the side of the road. The next think we see is the car doing a 45 degree turn into our lane then over-corrects, goes back into the right-hand lane, and hits the curb. Once the car hit the sidewalk the car flew in the air and flipped upside down and landed in the ditch with a huge cloud of dust. Jeremy and I were in shock and pulled into the driveway right where the car landed. We started calling 911 and couldn't get through. Within 2 minutes there were about 5-7 other cars that had stopped and got out of their car to help. 911 was finally reached by someone else. There were construction workers that were working right there and had to run up a nearby hill to avoid being hit by the car. Within minutes the people were pulled out of the car. Inside the car was a pregnant lady about 8 months along, a child in a car seat about 1 or 1/2 and another child about 2 or 2 1/2. The girl in the upside down car seat wasn't even crying and she was not harmed... GRECO car seat. The other girl (the ladies niece) had a bloody mouth. The driver's arm was cut. It gives me chills to think about all the people that IMMEDIATELY stopped to help. Within about 3-5 minutes of the accident the police and ambulance were on the scene. If you ever wonder if people really care, think about this story. People still care and it doesn't matter what is on their agenda, some people still stop to help those in need. For example, there was a man with his four year old daughter. They were on their way to Chuck-e-cheese and they stopped when they were maybe a minute away. The daughter didn't understand what they were doing, but he stayed as long as he was needed. What kind of person wouldn't have stopped when they saw what we did? Man, I can still taste the dirt on my lips when I retell the story. Oh, I guess this needs to be added to the story too. Tonight Jeremy and I saw another fender bender, and he made a comment about the traffic. I said people are being rubberneckers. He did not believe me that that is the term for people who look at wrecks. I thought everyone knew that! Well he looked up the word on wikipedia, and I was right. Then the word tailgating came up. I told him that was riding someone's tail as you drive. He didn't believe me there either, but it's true. Well, I guess I am knowledgeable about words on the street... could you call me "street-smart" ? The rest of the evening after the wreck was REALLY fun. We had fun with our friends. We talked, ate, and played a game Miriam gave me for my birthday (The Game of Things). We laughed and laughed.
The overnight shower was also good. I came home and I actually was dirty because I didn't shower before I came home! I laughed at myself because I had spent a long time at the shower but didn't get clean. I got to have some good conversations with some people, especially the bride-to-be. I also got to have some fun conversations with some of the other ladies (some I new, some I didn't). We enjoyed relaxing and chatting. We played a new game too. It it kind of like pictionary and telephone in one game. I will definitely explain it to you if you want to know about it! It made me laugh so hard I was crying!
2 comments:
you are street smart..ha!
Well, and how do you think you got so "street smart?" Maybe from your "street smart" parents. I'm with you, I thought everyone knew those words.
Scary time though. I hope you will be clean after you finish with all the showers.
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