Car Accident #1 - aaaAAARGH! BLAM!

Friday night: Driving driving driving - BIG GREY ROO SHAPED THINGY BLAM! aaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAHH.   Tiny, calm inner voice: Your brakes have locked. Take foot off, put foot on, pull over to side. Shake lots. Admire cloud of steam.

Doofus says it took no time at all and what I actually said was "Fuck" so all the screaming was in my head.

Drove South late Friday night and hit a big grey 'roo on the Albany highway about 50kms out of Armadale. The 'roo was toast, which was a relief as I have no idea how to administer mercy and was dreading finding it gasping out it's last pain-filled breaths. Had an awful vision of having to sit nearby knowing I was responsible for slow dying agony. That being said carrying it off the road was no fun either.

Have never killed anything before - mosquitoes don't count - it was self defence and I was afraid for my life! *cries like a girl*

Of the eight cars that drove past in the next two hours, six of them stopped and offered assistance. Am feeling very good about the rest of the world right now. The third one even had a mobile telephone with coverage with which I called a tow-truck and we then spent a cosy hour playing Animal, Mineral or Vegetable? and assuring passersby that we were OK. Doofus failed to get "Armadillo" until I was reduced to giving steadily less cryptic clues. Hehe. "Dave" the truck driver was a lovely man who told stories about terrible accidents he had visited all the way home then undercharged me for the tow. Sad to say: 3rd party, fire and theft does not cover furred parties (tee hee), does not cover towing. Backpay covered towing, currently own expensive pile of scrap metal. 

Left SMS's for people who might be able to drive me the next day then crawled into bed.

The Blue Moon Rogaine - volunteering on hash - Have spoon!

Alarm got one arm up, the rest of me didn't move. Made calls, established ride available, so convenient - already packed!

Admired parallel skid marks by daylight and waved as we passed the remains of my front bumper - doing my bit for the environment.

Was very strange to be watching everyone getting ready for the rogaine and not doing it myself, especially with the number of friends competing. On the plus side, have not been scratched by, bitten by or stepped on/in ANYTHING. Have also fully functioning arms/legs/feet. Yay!

Made vast amounts off food, fried unending amounts of BBQ foods and consoled a poor hungry rogainer who cried on my shoulder after coming in at 6am to find we had run out of tomato sauce.

Had a great time. Was also given back a picnic spoon I thought I had lost. Yay!

Helped pack truck, was amused yet again by antlike approach to packing which involves many people swarming over materials until they somehow end up all in the truck.

Went home to Shower_of_Happiness, and reassured mother. Seems T1 came home and saw car; assumed The Worst and called mother. Thankfully mother assumed if the car made it home, so too had her daughter and proceeded to walk my beautiful yet love starved woofer for me. Thank you Mama.

Am soooooooo tired.