Crazy Wednesday

It was time to pick up Alan from school. Buckle Hyrum in and get going. I'm almost there. I make a left turn at the only light that stands between me and the school. The light's yellow but the car is stopping. Aaaahh wait! The car that was in the other lane way behind the stopped car thought that yellow means step on the gas. Figures. Later I find out he didn't actually have a licence. --Funny side story. When I was doing my drivers training, I was heading home at the end of a driving session and I see a yellow light. Of course I slow down only to hear my driving instructor yell at me, "Speed up! Speed up! Drivers test you slow down, now you speed up."

I digress. So I hit the brakes, but luckily instead of being T-boned he just scrapes off the bumper of my van. Unluckily, the driver behind me then rear ends me. Luckily, we were only going like 10 miles an hour so the damage could have been a lot worse. I pull to the side of the road and check to see if the people behind me are hurt. They're not so I run across the street to see if everyone else is ok. Turns out he took off the bumper of another car as well. They are ok as well as the the car that hit us. I turn around and the car that rear ended me is gone. Grrr. No I didn't get any of their information. Grrrr. . . .

Well it could have been a lot worse. We are all ok, and really, the van is 15 years old. Alan was wondering why we didn't pick him up, but luckily our good neighbors were driving by, saw the van and stopped. I didn't have my cell phone with me (that's another post), so the neighbors were able to go to the school and take care of Alan. John met up with them at the school and brought the kids to meet me. Alan had tears streaming down his face when he got out of the car. I ran to him, picked him up and assured him that Hyrum and I were OK. Unfortunately, that didn't comfort him too much because it turns out he wasn't worried about us, only the van. I love you too kid.

There is a silver lining. When the firemen showed up Hyrum got a sticker, hat, and a bear.