Car Accident

I was planning on doing a ‘you are what you eat’ post today, but since Eric and I got in a car accident this afternoon I’ve been wolfing down everything in sight. So maybe I’m a bit of an emotional eater, oh well.

Yes, you heard it right, car accident. We were on an innocent errand to Walmart, going to pick up a cat kennel for Webster. I’m a little fuzzy on the details but I remember the light turning yellow as we were entering the intersection and seeing this white car pull out in front of us. I think my head was turned to yell at Eric to watch out for the car but it was too late.

The next thing I remember is the incredibly loud noise as our vehicle hit the car and my whole face went numb. I started screaming at Eric because my face felt like it was three times its normal size! Then I put my hand to my nose, it felt like it was broken, and realized it was gushing blood. I really freaked out then. Eric gave me his sweater to try and stop the bleeding. A bystander, who said she was trained in first-aid, came over and told us to get out of the vehicle because it was smoking and it was going to catch on fire. My freaking out escalated even more. Once determined that the vehicle would not catch on fire and that everyone was OK, I was taken into the ambulance to get cleaned up.

It turns out my nose was not broken as I thought, it was just bleeding bad after the airbag hit me in the face. Once everything was sorted out Eric and I walked down to Walmart to collect ourselves and call a cab to take us home. A couple hours later a police officer came to our house and gave Eric a ticket for failing to yield to a yellow light. On Tuesday we are going to go meet with the ICBC guy to discuss whose really at fault and what’s going to happen with my vehicle. Hopefully it’s not written off. Hopefully.

I don’t really understand this ‘at fault’ thing considering it was a yellow light. Yes Mr. Police Officer we realize that yellow light means stop if you can and not go faster to get through it, but we didn’t have time to stop, hence why we planned on going through the light. In my opinion, the lady driving the white car should NOT have turned until after we went through the light, even if that means turning on a red light. Whatever, it’s too late now, who knows what is going to happen. Eric and I are both okay, the lady and her baby are both okay, I guess that’s the most important thing.

This chalks my total of car accidents up to two. They get scarier and more severe each time, the first one I walked away with no injuries, this one I walked away with a bloody nose, a scratch above my right eye and a bruised cheek. Hopefully, my track record does not continue to increase and get worse.

Probably one of the worst parts of this whole thing was standing on the side of the road thinking about how we had no-one to come help us. We are so far from home and we literally only have each other down here. We have no family, no close friends. It’s a scary feeling. I think we are both looking forward to heading home next Friday even more now…

I would have to say that what happened today is one of the scariest things I’ve ever experienced. I feel lucky to be coming out of it with only a few bumps and bruises.

Have you ever been in a car accident? Was it scary?

PS: I only had a sweater on as it wasn’t very cold out today and when I was standing on the sidewalk shaking from the cold and shock some random guy came and gave me his coat. I never even really realized what was happening and when I got home I was like WTF, whose coat is this!? I feel bad now though because I don’t know how to give him his coat back!