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I wanted to finish explaining but the power company had just arrived
saying they were about to replace my power line that got compromised during the Halloween nightmare storm.
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to continue:
I was standing at the top of the neighbors steep driveway trying to listen
for an oncoming car coming down the road for a brief three seconds....
(i have exceptional hearing)
Not hearing anything at all ..... i threw caution to the wind (doh)
bolted down the driveway expecting to run across the street in several hops.
when i reached the middle of the hop- skip- and jump maneuver
i suddenly realized i was about to be struck head on by a car
that was traveling fast real quietly and there was NO chance of escape.
with milliseconds ticking off my only recourse was to jump as high in the air
straight up as possible to keep myself from getting ground up underneath the car.
i ended up hitting the guys windshield rolling over the roof banging down
on his trunk and then landing in the street.
I watched in utter amazement as he floored it and sped off down the road.
I crawled off the road and sat up against a tree wondering how much damage
i had sustained for breaking the cardinal rule that is brain washed into you from day one.
that being....you stop! look both ways! and then carefully cross the street.
i limped to class and told the nurse i had fallen out of a tree.
for the next month i hid my injury like i was a secret agent.
My father (a strict disciplinarian) was always quick to take a belt and give me ten whacks
or so anytime i got in trouble (which was allot)
and i never told any of them what had happened.
my back has never been quite right after that day and several chiropractors
have told me that i am all twisted in my spine and need many hours of
corrective surgery... NO thanks...i'm all set with that Crap....
But now, i dare anyone to even try and hit me because i'll rip your doors off.
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