Well, that was unexpected

[erilyn]

There's something very soothing about a purring cat curled up on your ribcage. And soothing is good right now, since I had my first real car accident yesterday.

I'm all right, the car is (mostly) all right, and I wasn't at fault. I got rear-ended on a freeway, when a bunch of us had to break suddenly because of some moron a few cars in front. I missed hittig the car in front of me by millimetres (thank god for new front tyres last week), but the guy behind me hit me, and got hit himself. Everyone was very civil, very worried that each other were ok, and exchanged details and got on our way. And I'm very proud of my mother, for not freaking when I rang from the side of the road and told her that I'd been in an accident.

Comments

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! Scary! I'm glad to hear you're okay though, that you're not hurt. Very shaken though, I bet.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I was a bit shaken, but the fact that the damage was minimal (at first glance I couldn't spot any), that I hadn't hit the car in front of me, and that everyone was so civilised about it, helped enormously. If people had been angry and fighting, or I I'd run into someone, I probably would have gone to pieces.