How glad am I that it's a 3-day weekend and I can sleep in a little?
I've been in the living room sewing all evening & had fallen asleep on the couch watching a DVD around midnight, when I heard a loud BOOM that woke me just now—about 3 am. It sounded a little like thunder, but more manmade if that makes any sense. I had no idea what it was. The dogs barked wildly, which is honestly one big reason I wanted dogs—so they could make noise & help keep me safe. I looked out the front door but saw nothing. (I've asked the city of OP for a streetlight in front of my house for the last 5 years, to no avail. Even the 4 halogen lights on the front of my house barely matter. When it's dark, it's super-amazingly-dark.)
So I headed upstairs. Just a few minutes later, flashing lights right outside my house jolted me back up. I looked out the window to see an ambulance, a fire truck & 3 police cars. Bob & Laura were standing out on their lawn. A red compact car was smashed into Bob's son's truck, which had been parked on the street in front of my house... which was now plowed in front of their house!
I ran out to talk to them to make sure they are alright, and they are—they had been sound asleep too. The car's airbags had deployed and there was glass absolutely everywhere. I came back inside. All I know now is that a young woman was driving the car, and 15 minutes later they are still trying to extract her from it.
It makes my heart heavy to think about what just happened, and I'm humbled to think about how tired I was driving back from Santa Fe by myself, and that by some miracle I made it back in one piece. I was nodding off & had set my Blackberry alarm to go off loudly every MINUTE to keep me alert. This girl is going to be leaving in the ambulance. I hope she's okay.
Update: I found out that the accident was caused by DUI. No word on the girl's condition.
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