Sunday, March 13, 2011
IS IT AGE? MY PERSONALITY?
I AM MAD! MORE THAN MAD, EVEN - I AM FURIOUS.
On Christmas Day, 2010, I drove in the dark to my son's home to Celebrate Christmas with his family and his Inlaws. I went early because my son and family wanted to leave early in the day to drive to Virginia from Asheville. My opportunity to spend time with my Grandsons was going to be only as long as it took to open presents and get some photos of our celebration.
The forecast for the day was sleet/ice for the entire day. I had come before the snow started (just - it was snowing when I drove into my son's drive. I've written this so many times, I am bored with the process.... We all were in fast motion, the kids opening presents, me snapping pictures of future Star Wars characters, Mom and Dad packing the car - but not one of us mentioning that the snow had been coming down steady until 10:00 in the morning .
The other Grandparents got ready to leave, I had parked in last, so I got to leave first. I do not have 4-wheel Drive so there was every reason for caution. There was no road service for their subdivision, so I didn't get above 10 miles per hour. Their house is at 3500 feet, but the road that leads to the house is all at 500 feet elevation, and it was covered with ice. About 3/4 of the way to the intersection with State Road 70, I was the first to happen upon an accident, 3 cars involved with an Ambulance arriving just as I did.
The Ambulance got in position to take the injured person, and one of the others involved wave me on past them. I moved around the cars very carefully.
On Christmas Day, 2010, I drove in the dark to my son's home to Celebrate Christmas with his family and his Inlaws. I went early because my son and family wanted to leave early in the day to drive to Virginia from Asheville. My opportunity to spend time with my Grandsons was going to be only as long as it took to open presents and get some photos of our celebration.
The forecast for the day was sleet/ice for the entire day. I had come before the snow started (just - it was snowing when I drove into my son's drive. I've written this so many times, I am bored with the process.... We all were in fast motion, the kids opening presents, me snapping pictures of future Star Wars characters, Mom and Dad packing the car - but not one of us mentioning that the snow had been coming down steady until 10:00 in the morning .
The other Grandparents got ready to leave, I had parked in last, so I got to leave first. I do not have 4-wheel Drive so there was every reason for caution. There was no road service for their subdivision, so I didn't get above 10 miles per hour. Their house is at 3500 feet, but the road that leads to the house is all at 500 feet elevation, and it was covered with ice. About 3/4 of the way to the intersection with State Road 70, I was the first to happen upon an accident, 3 cars involved with an Ambulance arriving just as I did.
The Ambulance got in position to take the injured person, and one of the others involved wave me on past them. I moved around the cars very carefully.
