For those of you that know me you know that I am, at times, prone to some hyperbole, this is not one of those cases. I don't say that to be dramatic but after a pretty serious car accident in the rain on the freeway on Saturday afternoon, I really am glad to be alive.
I was driving back down to San Diego from Newport Beach on Saturday afternoon and it was raining pretty hard but nothing I hadn't been through before. I was just past the Birmingham exit on the 5 in Encinitas and in the fast lane going around 50 or so, nothing too fast when all of a sudden out of nowhere I was spinning. It was one of the most frightening things I have ever experienced in my life. I was spinning and skidding across three lanes of the freeway and ended up stopped facing the wrong way. A guy in a silver pick up then hit me head on. It was exactly how most people describe it, a blur and then slow mo. Crazy, it could have been bad, very, very bad.
It was a miraculous situation, thankfully, no one was hurt. Behind our two cars, two other cars had spun out and crashed, minor damage and no injuries there either. The damage to my car was not very significant given the severity of what occurred before we hit, I even drove it home. The other guy's car was quite messed up and un-driveable however.
here is a picture of my car (click for larger):
As you can see there is some damage but not much considering the accident.
I remember standing on the side of the freeway looking at my car facing the wrong way, smashed up on another car, with cars driving by on the freeway and just thinking to myself "What. The. Fuck?" Very surreal. Needless to say I went home and had some wine. My guardian angels were looking out for me on Saturday.
A few days post and I am feeling better after a few days of reeling mentally and struggling to stop playing it all over in my head. I guess this is why you have car insurance. Plus I have a sweet sparkly purple Hyundai rental car. Oh yeah, that was not a typo, it is indeed purple. Like Grimace purple, grape jolly rancher purple. Awesome? Hell yeah. However, I have no game talking to girls at the coffee shop after they saw me get out of a purple Hyundai. I guess it is a small price to pay temporarily. Especially considering I DIDN'T DIE.
Be safe out there fair readers....
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