Car Accident
So I was driving today and my car hit some icy slosh and I lost control of it. I was grabbing the wheel both ways and had my foot to the floor on the brake, but to my horror, the speedometer continued to climb. Then, after I had crossed over both lanes and approached the guardrail I screamed so hard and grabbed the emergency break. It did not do anything. I slammed into the guardrail and luckily sort of bounced backward off of it. (The other side of the guardrail was a large cliff ending in another stretch of highway.) Probably has to be the scariest moment of my adult life. Anyway, I am okay. I slammed my head pretty hard into the front bar of the car because the airbags did not deploy and the seatbelt did not clench up. It hurt really bad and still really hurts although the doctor said I did not need a scan and that I would be okay. I would have liked to have a scan just to be safe, but I guess I will see how I feel in a few days. It was a really lucky day. It could have been much worse. Someone could have hit me when I was crossing the lanes or I could have hit someone or that guardrail could have not held. I was so terrified when I grabbed the emergency break and kept going at full speed. I had no hope that the guardrail would hold. I thought for sure I was a goner. I have a lot to think about. I have a feeling that a lot will change in my way of thinking over the next few days.
Tomorrow I have my third kickboxing class. I am enjoying them even though they seem much more like aerobics classes than kickboxing. I still do not know how to measure my heart rate really. When I stick my finger on my neck it goes like ThudThud-ThudThud so is that 4 or 2? Heh. Maybe I will get there early tomorrow and ask the instructors.
Also, I have not weighed or been food-responsible in about a week now. There have been a lot of issues, sort of emotion-related. Tuesday was also my birthday which did not help. I feel like I should have accomplished more in my life at this age. Anyway, that is all for now.
Whew. I am so glad you are okay. You will prob be sore tomorrow. Take care of yourself
Wow, what a terrifying experience, glad to hear that you are safe and well.
I know what you mean about feeling you should accomplish more in life, I have felt that way sometimes too, but we do the best we can with what we have. Try not to be too hard on yourself.
And you still have time!
I am very glad that you are ok after that scary accident!!! Car accidents are very scary!
You remind me of me too. My bday is coming up and I too think I should be more than I am by now. I am going to be 43 next month. I remember being 27 thinking I should be all these things and none of them I was. I have to catch myself when I am doing that to myself and point out what I am doing right. I have a low self esteem and I can ALWAYS point out my faults, but it pains me to find any good at all with myself. At 27, I was the mother of 2 kids and a wife, and I wasn’t working and hadn’t graduated college. So all I could see was I was unemployed and a college dropout.
Sometimes, and especially at bday time, I feel I never measure up to my expectations. Someone told me that we all have a plan and that we are part of that plan, exactly as we are at this very moment. It helps me to feel better when I am feeling I am not good enough.
Oh yeah, I would definitely postpone the exercise for a couple of days or longer! In a car accident I was in once, I didn’t even know I had sprained my ankle until the next day. Shock does that and keeps you from feeling it all at once. It’s ok to rest.
So glad to hear your ok–talk about blessed as far as not hitting that guardrail on the other side or someone else being involved! I can definitely see why such an event make ya stop and think more carefully about things.
Man scary! Glad you are ok.
oh my god that’s terrible! I’m glad you’re okay. Take really good care of yourself, sometimes the injuries from an accident like that don’t manifest for several days.
I am so glad you are ok! Keep a close watch on that head, I dont blame you for wanting a scan. And I agree, skip the exercise for awhile. You may not feel your worse for a few days out.