Monday, May 9, 2005

Seat belts save lives! And so do medians on the interstate. That's one of the first things that came to mind when the Explorer came to a sudden halt just inches from oncoming traffic at 4:30 this afternoon. The car was on its right side, with every window shattered. Blood was dripping from my head onto my briefcase, which was in the passenger seat. Shivani and Bobby had been in the back seat. "Are you OK?" I asked Shivani. "Yes, are you? But where's Bobby?" I crawled out through the driver's side window on the Explorer and checked myself over for cuts and bruises. Shivani searched frantically for our 15-year-old cat, but he was nowhere to be found. Our road trip had taken an abrupt turn for the worse, but we were OK, except for a few minor cuts and bruises. Moments before, the Hi-Lo had begun to fishtail and I lost control as I tried to correct it. Somehow, we swerved from the right lane into the left and then into the median, where the Explorer had rolled onto its side and the camper had come apart like a shoebox in a tornado. Hours later, we are sorting our belongings in a motel room, while a local angel of a paramedic is searching neighborhoods on both sides of I-90 for Bobby, who apparently bailed out as the crash happened. We hope he was just traumatized and not injured, but we need to find him soon because he is on cancer medication and needs his treatments. I'll get back to this later, but I want to leave you with one thought: if you EVER drive without your seat belt fastened, you're out of your mind! Thank God we're both alive. To be continued. Later... 10:13:23 PM    comment []

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