A bad Saturday!

So here is how my Saturday October 4, 2008 went. My parents had been in town for the week and I had just gotten back from driving them to Birmingham Alabama to catch a plane home. On my way back into Warner Robins I thought to myself do I want to go home and nap and then get something to eat or get something to eat and then nap. Well I opted for the later. I drove myself to Sonic, splurged and grabbed a burger and a soda. After I got my lunch I headed off to eat it at home. I took our usual route home. As I made my left onto Moody road I had just picked up speed to about 25 mph when out of nowhere a red pickup truck comes flying across the road and low and behold right into the side of the van. I have the right of way on this road and the guy that hit me was suppose to stop. He was coming so fast that I didn't even see him coming until it was too late. I couldn't even break. Needless to say the guy broadsided me and pinned me into my car on the driver's side. The cop thinks he was going about 40 mph +.

Luckily on this road on Saturday's it is very busy so I had lots of witnesses. I finally was able to get out of the car on my own, crawling over to the passenger side. I escaped with a 1st degree burn on my left forearm and a horrible back/neck/chest ache. When I got out and looked at the damage that had been done I wondered how I escaped with such minor injuries. The fireman wanted to know the same. The Grace of God!!!!! My angels hugged me close and protected me. What a wonderful experience. I am so thankful that my life was spared and that I was not hurt badly.

The other guy walked away without a scratch on him and a bad attitude. I did have to go to the hospital for x-rays and to get my burn checked out. The x-rays came back fine and my burn will heal in time. In fact this morning it looks even better.

So you might be asking "Where is Shawn?" Well, the government calls :) Shawn had a detail (funeral) in Tennessee that he had to attend this weekend. He left on Friday and won't be back until today. So he has been stuck in a hotel room trying to cope and do the husband thing from there. I have an amazing husband. Within just a few short hours he had one of our good friends meet me at the ER, called the police department to find out details, called USAA our insurance agent to start a claim, and got our rental car reserved. He did all of this traveling on a van back to the hotel on Sat. But when the men are away that is when things go wrong. So you just get used to it and deal with it. Plus if God didn't think I could handle it he would not have put me in this situation.

I would like to ask for your prayers this week. As most of you know Shawn and I have only one car. We will have a rental car for at least 30 days. We think our van will be totaled out so we will have to start the process to look for a new one. I am just asking the Lord to help pave the path before us to find the perfect car and the perfect interest rate :)

I am doing okay just really sore. I am thankful for just the soreness because it could have been worse. Below are the pictures that were taken with the cell phone. I will post more pictures once we go and look at the van.