Friday, July 31, 2009

Eventful Wednesday Night

I had a really interesting evening last night. Picked up Quinny from daycare and he played all day - no naps. So when he got in the car he sacked out. When I pulled into the driveway at home he was still so peaceful, that I didn't want to disturb him. So I pulled out a magazine and called Cami for a chat. After a while (10 - 15 minutes) I decided that I had better get inside to tend to the doggies. I left the ignition on to keep the car cool while I walked across the street to get the mail (I do this every single day). I came back to the running, parked car and leaned in to turn off the ignition and as soon as it was in the off position, the car started to roll backwards. I clung to the car door and threw half of my body under the steering wheel to hit the brake, but it didn't work. The ebrake didn't either. At that moment I looked up (still clinging to the door and being drug down the driveway into the street and one of my neighbors was driving and was upset that I was going to pull in front of him - He flipped me the bird and continued to go behind my moving car - screeching. He barely made it and we continued across the street and bounced off the mailboxes. Then the neighbor slowed down for a minute and then just sped off. The nerve!

I then got into the driver seat and put the car into drive and pulled it back into the driveway, set the e brake and had a good cry. Every muscle in my body hurts today and I've got some pretty good battle wounds. Quinn did not wake up and Cami was with me through the whole experience. I had Adam drive the deathtrap to work today for some diagnostics. That said, the Tahoe doesn't even have a scratch, but the mailbox I hit is pretty much destroyed. I'm stopping off at Home Depot today to purchase a new one for our neighbor. Hoping for a less exciting day today.

2 comments:

Elizabeth Bennett said...

Oh my gosh! I would have peed my pants over that.

Camirita said...

Yeah, it was not fun to listen to either. But I am glad the mailbox was the only injury!