Saturday, December 31, 2005
I'm so excited this is gonna be so fun...then FLASHBACK.
Hmmmmm, I thought I had posted this...then I just saw it was labeled as "draft"
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Rhiannon and I headed up to Steve's house in the rain to go to his new year's eve slumber party. We'd been looking forward to it ever since he mentioned it last week...we love doing stuff on NYE but hate going out and dealing with assholes, cover charges and general annoyances that go along with new years hullabaloos.
Brought our pajamas and slippers along with some cozy blankets and pillows. Ready to get hammered with good friends and see Pattie o'Hiatt for the first time in a lonnnnnng time.
It was raining.
We get up just past the 52 on the 5 north, i'm cruising easy at about 60 just taking it slow, and then we hit a patch of something and I feel the car slide about 6 inches to a foot...nothing major...wouldn't think anything of it on a normal night in the rain.
And I had a flashback.
For those of you who don't know, my wife and I slid across 4 lanes of traffic and rolled in an SUV on our honeymoon, in the rain, up by Seattle. We were okay for the most part, I was able to walk away and Rhiannon torqued her back but nothing too severe. Driving for the next few days was a little sketchy but after that I thought I'd gotten over it.
Tonight was a different matter.
I just told Rhiannon "I can't do it. I can't do it" and got off the freeway coincidentally right by our old house. We sat in the parking lot at Vons and I tried to calm down. Called Steve and apologized but I was way too shaken up to drive the rest of the way to the OC.
Bought some champagne, beer and pizza rolls at the Vons and took city streets all the way home. An hour later I'm sitting at my computer after taking some Valerian root and am about to get plastered.
Depending on how I feel in the morning about driving, we may try the trip for brunch.
I'm really worried though. I can't be one of those people that won't drive in the rain. With snowboarding that just won't do. I don't know what to do. I don't know who I'll be tomorrow. I don't know anything except that was a reliving of the scariest moment in my life and I just don't DON'T like it.
Happy new year everybody. May the new year bring you peace.
I sure need it.
-z
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Rhiannon and I headed up to Steve's house in the rain to go to his new year's eve slumber party. We'd been looking forward to it ever since he mentioned it last week...we love doing stuff on NYE but hate going out and dealing with assholes, cover charges and general annoyances that go along with new years hullabaloos.
Brought our pajamas and slippers along with some cozy blankets and pillows. Ready to get hammered with good friends and see Pattie o'Hiatt for the first time in a lonnnnnng time.
It was raining.
We get up just past the 52 on the 5 north, i'm cruising easy at about 60 just taking it slow, and then we hit a patch of something and I feel the car slide about 6 inches to a foot...nothing major...wouldn't think anything of it on a normal night in the rain.
And I had a flashback.
For those of you who don't know, my wife and I slid across 4 lanes of traffic and rolled in an SUV on our honeymoon, in the rain, up by Seattle. We were okay for the most part, I was able to walk away and Rhiannon torqued her back but nothing too severe. Driving for the next few days was a little sketchy but after that I thought I'd gotten over it.
Tonight was a different matter.
I just told Rhiannon "I can't do it. I can't do it" and got off the freeway coincidentally right by our old house. We sat in the parking lot at Vons and I tried to calm down. Called Steve and apologized but I was way too shaken up to drive the rest of the way to the OC.
Bought some champagne, beer and pizza rolls at the Vons and took city streets all the way home. An hour later I'm sitting at my computer after taking some Valerian root and am about to get plastered.
Depending on how I feel in the morning about driving, we may try the trip for brunch.
I'm really worried though. I can't be one of those people that won't drive in the rain. With snowboarding that just won't do. I don't know what to do. I don't know who I'll be tomorrow. I don't know anything except that was a reliving of the scariest moment in my life and I just don't DON'T like it.
Happy new year everybody. May the new year bring you peace.
I sure need it.
-z
