Near Death Experience

Ok, so I totally almost DIED yesterday…..

Uh…so….actually…..I am just trying to grab the reader’s attention with an ultra dramatic statement….did it work? ;) Because I don’t think my life was in danger, exactly, but….maybe…

Alright….let’s start over….

I was almost a victim in a car accident yesterday. [had to keep a little drama…]

So….I am with Shelli cruising the Fayetteville area after a fun and yummy meal at Bordino’s [actually my first Bordino’s experience…] when the almost unfortunate incident occurred.

I guess I should mention that we were cruising in “THE FLOYD”….her HUGE extended cab beast of a truck [which, by the way has 2….count ‘em 2 gas tanks….wow]. I mean, we were getting ‘country’ in a truck sired by monster trucks. All ‘The Floyd’ needs is monster tires, and it would be quite the sensation on the road…..but anyway. Here we are cruising in the Millennium Falcon [so named by the Akins] when this young buck in a cracker jack box whips out of a parking lot coming the opposite direction…..and swerves into OUR lane right in front of us! Shelli and I both let out appropriate gasps, she brakes and swerves, and I assume the ‘brace’ position by griping the door and seat beside me. After a few tense seconds, Young Buck rights his matchbox car into his own lane, making some…..wave….or gesture….or….something…..at us as his hand hung out his open window. I think it might have been the “I am a too cool teenager” way of saying “Oh, I am so sorry, ladies, for almost causing you to pee your pants because I am a horrible driver who does not need to be on the roads…please forgive me for my inexperience in handling a vehicle”. Yes, I think that is what he was trying to convey with his…..spastic hand movements.

But you know, when I think about it, if that kid had hit us, he was the one who would have been toast [or at least his car would have been]. I mean, we were in “The Floyd” for crying out loud…..a big hunk of beastliness on wheels. Young Buck was in the plastic Cracker Jack Box. Now….if you picture that for a moment….who do you think would come out on top…..yeah, my thoughts exactly. I am just glad that God was looking out for all of us and protected us from an accident. :)

So, who else has a....'near death' experience to share?? ;)