Worst Thanksgiving ever

Well, as you can see, I didn't have a very good Thanksgiving. On Wednesday night Mike, the dogs and I went to Shelton (outside of Olympia) to visit our friends Jake and Elizabeth. The plan was that Mike was going to stay there to hunt with Jake all weekend, and the dogs and I were headed to the Oregon coast to visit my family.

Thursday morning I was on the road for about an hour before I hit black ice. The next thing I knew I had not control over my car. None at all. I was swerving all of the place. I was trying to correct, but then I would swerve the other way, and just kept trying to correct the car and gain control. The next thing I knew I was crossing the other lane and headed for a bank. I remember hitting the bank, but when I opened my eyes (I didn't loose consciousness) I was hanging upside down in the car. I had rolled the car one and a half times.

The bank I hit.

I could hear the dogs, and they were okay. I was so disoriented though, looking at everything upside down and everything in the car was all over the place. I was able to undo my seatbelt and get on my hands and knees. I searched and finally found my cell phone and dialed 911. Then I heard someone yelling at me outside, the guy that was behind me. Asking if I was okay and told me I wasn't leaking gas and I was on the side of the road. That was my other concern, I didn't know if I was still in the road and someone was going to hit me.

The cops got their and the fire department, they helped get me out of the car. I was able to get ahold of Elizabeth, and she packed up Lauren and went to find the boys. She left a note on their truck. Thankfully they came back only about 10 minutes after that and got the update from Elizabeth. They were able to meet me in Aberdeen right when I got there with the tow-truck driver.

The car is probably totalled, but I won't know until this week. The Mazda did hold up really well. The dogs are fine, and so am I. I hit my head on the ceiling, and have quite a few bumps, bruises and am pretty stiff. But am okay.

Eventhough this pretty much ruined our holiday, I do have a lot to be thankful for. Especially:

-the nice man that was behind me when I wrecked. He dialed 911 and stayed with me until the cops got there.

-my seatbelt. If I hadn't been wearing it, things would have been a lot worse.

-my supportive family and husband.

-Jake and Elizabeth, who let us stay at their house for a couple days. Jake also drove us home on Saturday. They made me as comfortable as possible, filled us up with great food and were just great friends. Thank you!

-that there wasn't anybody else involved in the accident, or coming the other way on the highway.

I have pretty much made the decision that once the snow flies we don't travel anymore. So if anybody is up for Christmas in July, we are game!

After I hear from the insurance company and know the car is going to be totalled we will get another one. I am pretty sure they can't repair it. I wish they could, the last thing I want to deal with right now are car salesmen.

I hope everyone else had a nice holiday weekend. Please drive safe, and even if the roads look okay, there might be ice on the road, so take it slow! I don't care if you make people mad, slower is better. And above all, please be sure to wear your seatbelt!