Fine

I am fine.

I got into a pretty legit car accident this morning on the way to school. I was minding my own business when all of a sudden this guy pulled directly into my path from a residential cross-street. There was no time. That instant before impact--the objective, cruel inevitability of it all--might haunt me for awhile.

Both my airbags deployed. My first thought in the aftermath was that my car must be on fire, so I got the hell out of there and dialed 911 from the side of the road. Turns out all that smoke wasn't smoke, was actually airbag-related, not fire-related.

It's tough to fit everything into a quasi-narrative, so I'll just list some other highlights.

- The other guy got cited for failure to yield the right of way.

- He and his passengers were fine.

- Julie was not happy at all about any of this. I voice-mailed her from the back of a police car. She played the message back to me later, and I sounded like a meth addict who had just wrecked his car.

- The backseats of police cars are not comfortable at all. No leg room and no upholstery, probably to make it easier to scrub off bodily fluids. Icky.

- I decided the most sane option was to go to school, as my freshmen were scheduled to give speeches. I had an assistant principal come pick me up once the police report was filed.

- Made a quick stop into the school nurse's office and was initially given a clean bill of health. Then I showed her the pictures, and she quickly changed her tune.



- Went to the doctor. Doc said no contact sports for a week, which throws a wrench into exactly zero aspects of my life.

- I have no idea what my freshmen did today.

- Aside from some neck soreness, I feel fine.

- Now I'm renting a blue Hyundai and am trying to resist the urge to shout "HYUNDAI" as I drive.

- I will never drive that route to school again. I realize that's irrational.

- Totally forgot to take a photo of Lyla until she was in bed. Here she is asleep.

- We explained to her that Dada's car got an owie and went bye-bye. She seemed a little sad about it.