RIP, Jill the Car
I lost my car, Jill, last night. But I’m here. 
I drove down to Columbus to see some friends and to see my friend Marie’s senior exhibit (along with some other of my art peers’). It was so good to see that everyone did so well with their work! And I am very proud of them all. I was so happy to see all my old fellow classmates, and even the illustrious Matt Ballard was there. What a fun night!
On my way home, roughly at mile marker 33, on I-85, between Hogansville and Newnan, a semi-truck ran me off the road. :-/ I was in the left lane, and he slowly swung over to where I was. I was already halfway between the head of the truck and the tail. I could have tried to speed up or slam on my breaks. Either way, I am pretty sure, there would have been a collision. I just couldn’t take the risk of bringing other people’s lives at risk. So I went into what little shoulder there was. I probably should have just hit the orange barrel (construction barrel. Sheesh. *sigh*) but instinct told me to avoid it. So I had to go into the island. Either a natural mound or one built up for whatever reason was there, and Jill pulled a Dukes of Hazard, except it also made the car flip several times.
No, I didn’t scream. No time, but to brace myself and grip tightly to the steering wheel, which I did. The car ended upside down, with the roof sunk into the mud (thank goodness for mud!!!) and me hanging upside down with my hands still in a death-grip on my steering wheel. I don’t think the semi even knew what happened. He didn’t know I was there, and he didn’t stop after I ran off the road.
Several people came to my aid. Each and every one of them is an angel to me. I can’t believe I made it out alive, and get this: no broken bones or major contusions. I have cuts on my left side, from my arm up to my ear, and I feel like I went up against the Yokozuna with my shoulder (LOL)… I did go to the emergency room.. That’ll be another story.
But the long and short of it is that I will be okay. Jill’s gone. And I didn’t find my cellphone. Oh, and the laptop works. *patpats laptop* If you need to reach me, please PM me and I’ll send you my home phone number.
I’m so thankful to be here among you all. I am thinking this means I’m not going to go to LA in January for the sumo tournament… but that’s okay. I have to get healed up and then I’ll be back for more.
December 13, 2008 at 10:01 am
Damn that was rough…glad to see that you are ok…and now a moment of silence for Jill the car…Amen
December 13, 2008 at 10:05 am
So so glad to hear that you are alright. I can’t imagine how frightening that must have been. On a much lighter note, I am glad to hear that someone else named their car. My kids looked at me like I was nuts when I told them my car’s name was Eleanor.
December 13, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I told Mom we should take pictures but she thought that was morbid. ^^;
It wasn’t scary to me until after it was over… odd, huh?
Yes, I get that sometimes, re: naming the car, but my close friends get it. ^_^