Saturday, December 27, 2008

Told as a Story


So I walk away from this bewildered that I am not dead, and bummed that while I hung onto the car for awhile that I didn't get it back under control. Thankful, of course, to be alive, but bewildered, too. It has the chance to become one of those "don't f*** up your second chance" incidents, but probably won't, for which I am quite sorry. I hope, too, that you'll forgive me for admittedly drinking to excess (and having a couple of cigarettes) on Wednesday, once I'd gotten the essentials out of the way - followup on the crash and the last couple of Christmas presents bought - to block out the looping that had started on the "I should be dead" thing, because really, that wasn't going to be good.
-Tales of Christmas
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12 comments:

  1. PaulDecember 27, 2008 9:28 AM

    I'm glad you are well and able to tell the story!

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  2. jbmooreDecember 27, 2008 12:36 PM

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  3. anonymous julieDecember 27, 2008 6:35 PM

    Paul - as am I.

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  4. VDecember 28, 2008 3:57 AM

    Julie, are you left-handed?

    Drink but don't drive too hard.
    Welcome back!

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  5. anonymous julieDecember 28, 2008 8:24 AM

    John, kindly don't knowingly grace my comment section with your idiocy.

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  6. anonymous julieDecember 28, 2008 8:24 AM

    And what the fuck is with the ill-founded belief that I would be stupid enough to drink and drive?

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  7. anonymous julieDecember 28, 2008 8:40 PM

    Siegfried, I'm right-handed. Why?

    Now I'm back (in Chicago). I was out of town visiting family. Thanks for the welcome. :)

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  8. jbmooreDecember 28, 2008 9:49 PM

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  9. VDecember 31, 2008 12:36 PM

    I'm right-handed too. Just making a association, connection, or an observation.
    Had a little mishap too last Monday. Luckily made it ...

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  10. greenfrogJanuary 02, 2009 9:33 AM

    aj,

    glad to have you for a while yet.

    isn't the miracle not the walking away from it, but the noticing it in the first place?

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  11. anonymous julieJanuary 03, 2009 10:23 AM

    siegfried - glad you're safe.

    sean - i'm glad too. re miracles, tough to say - i could reasonably expect to notice the situation developing, but could not reasonably expect to walk away from what happened. unless the miracle is noticing that i'm still alive. but i don't get the sense that i really exist all that often. so probably not that.

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  12. HaydenFebruary 09, 2009 9:43 AM

    Julie, sorry I'm so far behind - came to catch up and WOA..... sigh.

    life is a chancy thing. So glad you're all right.

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