wow! what a rough weekend.
let me just catch y'all up.
so...
ugh...
friday night i joined my friend lindsey at the gym for some girl/buff time together. it was a lot of fun. i enjoy going to the gym. it makes me feel fit and healthy and just all around wonderful. well, lindsey enjoys tanning(which we all know i do not partake in) so i left. i was heading home and i was in the very right hand lane(going down western) and i was coming up on the light to turn right and head down 45th. a huge two-tone f-150 started coming into my lane and before i could honk my horn, the truck comes fully into my lane and hits me and i see my side mirror fly off and bounce and burst into a million pieces across western. i seriously saw my life flash before my eyes. mind you, i'm in a toyota camry and the top of my car doesn't even meet the f-150's window. i thought i was going to die. if she would have hit me any faster i'd probably be dead. thank the Lord i wasn't seriously injured but man, i was angry and scared! we pulled off into the parking lot of a pizza place and out comes this 80 year old woman and she's claiming it was my fault?! seriously? from the obvious damage it is her fault and so i called 911 and charley to get some help and i said something loudly along the lines of "if i were to have caused the accident i would have claimed responsibility because as adults and humans we should take responsibility for our actions." well, the lady heard me(i'm sure) but she said nothing more. we exchanged information. the lady ended up being very kind and nice and she was worried but i assured her it was okay, i was okay and that daylee(who wasn't in the car was okay). after an hour and 20 mins the cops show up and he assesses the damages and confirms that she was the person responsible for the accident and she actually admitted fault to the officer. whew! i felt bad for the lady because her husband had just had hip surgery and she was going to sonic to pick up dinner and head home and i felt horrible if i had been rude to her or unkind in any way but my car is messed up, but drivable(the side mirror is hanging on by a thread and the alignment and lights are screwy), but i'm okay and she's okay, so after the officer gave her the tickets and i was sent on my way; i was fine with it. i'll just call her insurance agent on monday and get it all handled.
well....
on sunday there were multiple, huge grass fires across the panhandle. well, heppe gets a call from his siter saying that his parents area out in the canyon is being evacuated. he's wrestling with the idea to go out there or not. around 7 he decides to go out to see if he can get to his dog. i see that he has called me 5 times and i call him back and guess what? his parents land, barn and property is gone. all destroyed in the flames. the only things left are the house, the wooden decks and a few trees but there are so many embers that the fire dept can't put out because there isn't enough water. brian runs into his house and grabs his dog and some clothes and leaves, honestly thinking his parents home won't be standing through the night. fortunately, on monday we found out that part of his parents basement and deck did go up in flames, the pool and deck were destroyed and the property was gone. i know, right? wow. worst weekend in a long time. thankfully his folks have great insurance and the damges will be taken care of but other people lost everything in the grass fires on sunday...INCLUDING THE LADY WHO HIT ME ON FRIDAY NIGHT!!! YES, YA HEARD RIGHT. THE SWEET OLD LADY, WHO'S HUSBAND HAD JUST HAD HIP SURGERY LOST HER HOME, HER DOGS AND THAT F-150 ON SUNDAY. wow. words cannot describe how sad i am for her at this point. so, if you read this, please pray for jodelle and her family.
anyways, brian and i are okay. it was just surreal and comical and i thought i'd share.
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