Spring break had been pretty good to us up until Friday. We'd had a good time in Mystic, I'd been relaxing more than I should have (as opposed to getting homework done), and we were on the way to a friend's house for a game night. Unfortunately, everything changed when this became my view:
Not pictured: The sun on the horizon making it impossible to see the stop light or the SUV stopped at it in front of me.
The experience was harrowing, but turned out about as well as we could hope, all things considered. By the time we got out of the car, there was already a pair of paramedics ready to help who had been driving behind us on their way to work. Our car was totaled, but the SUV actually took it pretty well. This was the extent of the carnage:
Rest assured, this was the greatest bean dip ever created, and now nobody will ever get to taste it.
We weren't seriously injured, but we wanted Topher checked out and Megan had some back pain, so we each got to take our first Ambulance ride.
Megan checked out without any major injuries, but she still has some soreness. Topher actually took it the best of all of us, as evidenced by my new favorite picture of him:
Topher was just happy for the chance to flirt with the nurses in the Emergency Room
I was fine, though I'm currently wearing a brace on my wrist for some soreness that may or may not be related to the crash. We met the couple we hit while we were in the hospital. The were really nice and understanding. If you have to hit someone, I recommend hitting someone that's really nice.
The next Monday, we went to recover our belongings from the car.
Sad times
It was a pretty emotional time. "Just one last look" by The Temptations kept running through my head as I collected my belongings.
I was dangerously close to sampling the bean dip, but resisted the temptation.
The car was old enough that it would have cost twice as much to fix it as the car was worth. To make matters worse, because the impact was from the front they told us the salvage value was not much more than the towing cost.
We had some good times in that car. I took Megan on our first date in it, it brought us across the country to Connecticut, and it brought Topher home from the hospital, and that's only the start of the memories. It'll be missed.
Rest in peace, good friend.
3 comments:
Wow, that is scary! I am so glad you were all ok.
Man, that looks exactly like a sardine lid rolled back. Glad there weren't any major injuries. That's a pretty cute picture of Topher though. And sad, that looked like some good bean dip.
You're going to make me cry. But that's what life's about. Moving forward and leaving things behind. Thankfully you're all okay and ready to move on. We love you all.
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