Happy 7th Birthday Joshua

Yesterday we got into an accident. We were leaving the parking lot at the train station and someone turning off the street through the alley broadsided us. They fortunately hit the front end of the car and not the passenger door where I was sitting. It was very sudden and without seeing it coming there was no way to prepare for it or escape it. Our car tipped up and then came down. It was pointing in a different direction. The directional was gone and the front fender was smashed. The bumper was bashed too. The paramedics came and checked me out. Gary was ok and talked with the police and the other driver. Thankfully he has insurance. Although I didn't go with the paramedics I did go to the hospital. My poor little car got towed away and my sister came and picked us up. We were at the hospital for about 4 hours. I stayed home from work today. I am so very sore on the whole right side of my body. Nothing is broken so that's good but I didn't get much sleep last night.

There are a lot of things I am thankul about though - good things. If we had not been moving as slow as we were, he could have hit us in the door where I was sitting. There was a police officer close by so we didn't have to wait a long time for a police. The medics were very nice and kept talking to me to help me calm down. I was shaking a lot and they were very gentle. The people at the hospital took good care of us and the doctor was nice too and he was certain that nothing was broken and said I didn't need x-rays. It could have been worse.

So I am at home right now and Gary had to work. My mom is coming over to bring my prescription muscle relaxers and my sister who stayed with us the whole evening yesterday driving us around and waiting at the emergency room brought me an ice pack this morning.

I love my family.

We got a call today from the apartment complex office. Evidently we won the drawing for free tickets to Great America. I think it will be a while before we can use them.