Crash!!

Last Monday was my first day off track, I usually spend that day sleeping in. However, instead I found myself driving back on the freeway from a doctor's appointment in Provo. As I was coming around the mountain, I noticed the flashing lights of a patrol car off to the side of the road, and some tire debris in the road. I suppose this is what caused traffic to slow, because the huge truck in front of me slowed, and so like a good driver, I slowed, and the driver behind me, well . . . . I suppose he did not slow. Because bam like a rocket with a thundering boom, my whole car was propelled into the other lane? Which was miraculous considering that I should have been pummeled into the huge truck in front of me. I guess my head hit the back of the seat something fierce and my clippy shattered into a million (ten) different pieces. Once my head snapped back up, I prayed something fierce and swung my car off the side of the freeway. It all seemed like a fuzzy dream. I'm not sure how I wasn't hit by a million (ten) different cars. Off to the side of the road, I said a prayer of gratitude and then with all the natural instinct of an insurance agent's daughter, I grabbed my accident report guide, information, and shakily stepped out of the car. A new policeman pulled onto the scene and had me come sit in his car. It was there in his car with the paramedics and firetruck racing onto the scene that I had my next three thoughts. My first thought was "Oh no, how am I ever going to get my paper done for class tonight?' Which was followed by, "Hmmm . . . I wonder if my professor will give me another day, since I've been in an accident?" Which was followed by, "What in the world am I doing thinking about a paper, when I was almost killed?" Yep, I was honestly thinking about a paper, as the paramedics were knocking on the window. This was a small indicator to me that my priorities may be slightly off. And so while my car is pretty banged up, and I'm still waiting to hear its diagnosis, I'm okay, and I'm determined to take what I learned from this crash to get my life back in balance, so in moments of craziness I am thinking about what is most important.