prog | (no subject) (Reply)

jadelennox voiced concern about the car accident, so I will make an official statement that I am OK. I'll give you the full skinny now.

Last Sunday afternoon I was driving down Waterville's College Avenue, a four-lane, two-direction street, in the inside lane, and a car in the opposite inside lane suddenly veered into mine. It was far enough away that I had time to react, by changing quickly to the outside lane, but it still scraped my left rear corner as it passed, making a nice crunchy job of the metal there. I immediately pulled over while the other car plowed into a snowbank many dozens of yards behind me. All people involved left our vehicles at about the same time, and after verifying the crunchiness on my end, I started to walk over -- not easy, since it was all hopping over snowbanks with no sidewalks.

At some point, the car I was walking toward just vanished, really and truly. You may know that I tend to zone out when I'm walking around, and it apparently holds true even in unusual situations like this. It seems the other gentlemen (I think they were two men) got back in their car -- none of the details of which I had taken note -- and drove off when I simply wasn't paying attention, probably minding my footing more than my destination. Upon discovering this, I stood there for a little while, and then went back to my car, started it up, and continued as I was.

The only injury to me was a little fleeting sadness, a little lasting cynicism, and whatever I'll end up paying for the repairs. Hmm... guess I'll see to that tomorrow.