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June 15, 2003
a blessing or a curse?
sometimes i wonder if i'm blessed or cursed.
so, i'm driving back from my mother's house in the #4 lane of the 405, moving along at about 70 mph and suddenly the cars to my right start to slow down. a lot.
i began to react before i registered what was happening hitting the brakes. a woman in the #1 lane had lost control of her car and was sliding across all four lanes making a wide 180 right towards me. all the cars around her were braking and swerving around her in a kind of auto ballet. i locked up my tires and slid down the pavement, burning rubber for about 200 feet and came to a stop about 4 inches away from from her front bumper. literally 4 inches. it was amazing.
gripping my steering wheel i smiled "whew!" at her. that could've been a bad one -- i'm pretty lucky. although at times it sure does feel like death wants me.
Posted by heidijanet at June 15, 2003 08:37 PM
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Good to hear you're OK.
My heart would be on the dashboard if that happened to me.
4 inches after 200 feet. Wow.
Posted by: Ryan at June 16, 2003 10:27 AM
i know! it was really dramatic. burning rubber smoke swirling around my car -- my heart _was_ on the dash for about 5 more miles.
Posted by: heidi janet at June 16, 2003 11:47 AM
death only wants you because you're such a hottie. put on 25 pounds and he'll leave you alone.
Posted by: mrs diggs at June 22, 2003 02:24 PM
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