There I was, no lie, one wheel dangling over the edge and the back tire not able to get any traction. No matter how much I rocked the car I couldn't get down. I even put it in 4L and still we were stuck. Yes, I had all five in the car with me at the time. How I got up there, I have no idea. I still can't figure out how it happened, and no, I wasn't on my phone, it was tucked in my purse safe and sound.
It was apparently a pretty good shake up, cuz later I found all the things in my center counsel spilled all over the floor and the kids yelled a bit. I kept thinking to myself, what in the world happened, how come I can't go.
Well, I had to get out and see what was going on. Yup, I was stuck. A nice man came and he tried everything I did to get it out. Another nice guy with a forklift came and pulled some of the rocks out, but I was still stuck up in the air. I had all the kids climb out and go sit in a safe warm building while I stood in the rain with my cute but not so warm coat and called the insurance people. They would have a tow truck out in 20 min.
In the mean time all the guys keeping telling me I'm not the first one to do this. All the people driving by are gawking and wondering how in the world did she do that? Yup pretty embarrassing.
The tow truck guy shows up and says "Wow, but don't worry I can get it down." After four calls to his boss and me signing a note saying that they weren't responsible to any damage caused by them pushing against my front bumper, the forklift guy comes out again. "If you can get it higher in the air, I can pull out the last of the rocks and she should be fine." So up in the air the truck went and out came the rocks and down came the truck no damage!! God is so good to me. The tow truck guy pulled the truck the rest of the way, commenting on how good my torque was (that made my sweetheart proud) and off I went.
The truck drives mostly fine. The alignment is off and there is a rumbling that I need my mechanic to check out. The kids are all bragging on how they all survived my accident. My neck and back are pretty stiff and I had a huge adrenalin drop once I got home. But all in all, we are good.
Sounds pretty dramatic and would have been a better call to my sweetheart if it hadn't been in the parking lot of a warehouse. The median had a huge pile of rocks in it and there I was, dangling a foot and a half in the air. How embarrassing.
Oh man! I'm so sorry!!! :-/
ReplyDeleteI used to high-center my Fiero on parking lot medians...but it was such a light car, I could just lift up the front end and push it off.
I'm glad y'all are OK... :-)
Wow -that's quite a predicament, my friend! I'm so glad it wasn't any worse! :o)
ReplyDeleteIf it makes you feel any better, I drove my car into a huge log that was in front of me in a parking lot last year. I had come down with my foot on the gas instead of brake when parking. Nothing quite like feeling silly, is there? Take it easy and feel better!
ReplyDeleteI can just see you Hendel,palms out lifting your car ^.^
ReplyDeleteAmy, it was a great lesson in dealing with humility infront of my kids. I feel much better today, but I think I'll cancel my chiro appt tomorrow ^.^