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I'm tired so this might not be thorough but I thought it was relevent to this thread.
My hubby's car is in the shop so he is borrowing my Dad's RAV to get to and from work (he leaves between 4:30-5:30am).
This morning he left late for work, around 6am, and we in Michigan are getting slapped again with snow and very low temps. About 10-15 min. into his hour drive to work, he hit a patch of ice under the snow on the highway. He skidded sideway's and somehow managed to miss two other cars before he went off the road into a 6 ft. ditch.
I assume despite taking out a 3" sappling with the front bumper, that because he was ok, he called me instead of 911 immediately after he came to rest. It was 6:21 and I was dead asleep but I bolted awake at his ring tone.
I answered and he related that he'd gone off the road and was in the ditch. I asked where he was and was my Dad's car okay? We talked a couple of minute's and he said "aren't you going to ask if I'm okay?". See, the biggest worries I have in my life are for my husband, sister and dad's safety and health. It never dawned on me to ask if he was okay because, hello, he'd called ME not the police (and was able to), so I assumed he was perfectly fine. (He was able to drive down a bit and up onto the road).
As the day went on I realized just how callous my reaction must've seemed to him (a little smidge of defense is that I was half-asleep, just a smidge). As soon as he walked in the door tonight, I gave him a big hug, apology and the explination of my reaction.
I think this in some small way, tie's in to Pan's wifes reaction and to what I said in my first post. Again, I'm tired so sorry if this doesn't seem as connected as it does in my sleepy brain.
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