This Fish Needs A Bicycle

best laid plans

After v. stressful week, decided would be just the thing to take impromptu visit to the Big City to visit the gals for weekend of relaxation (read: girly facials, pedicures and pot). Needless to say, as was weekend involving yours truly, did not exactly go as planned.

To shorten v. long ordeal, Big City-bound bus was involved in rather serious accident. First, a 16-wheeler swerved to miss a car that had hit the cement barrier. Then, fine Chinatown bus that yours truly was on, swerved to miss the lot of them, but the driver couldn't stop in time and ended up hitting the windshield of the bus on the corner of the semi, shattering the window and smashing the front of the bus. Driver was then wedged with the steering wheel in his chest. He passed out. The semi then decided to move to the side of the road. And being on a hill, once the semi moved, the bus started rolling. But since the driver was wedged in, and consequently out cold, no one could get to the brake. So, we rolled until we hit the cement wall.

The lot of us stood on the side of the road watching quite helplessly for two hours as the emergency crew took chain saws and winches to the bus wreckage to get the driver out. Called the bus company yesterday and inquired after his situation to learn that is stable and still in the hospital. Can imagine the poor fellow has some fairly critical injuries. Am luck to have come away with nothing more than a headache and some bruised knees.

Am certain if airline company knew of luck associated with this gal, would cancel next week's West Coast flight immediately. And this gal, to be sure, will be appropriately sedated as am getting v. nervous about travel of any sort.