Another Big Bang!

                                         

This afternoon I was cleaning up the kitchen after making an angel food cake (treat for this week!) and what to my wondering ears but another BIG BANG!  I thought,"either another tree down or a car accident.  I was pretty sure that it was a car accident as we had heard about the same sound on Saturday and that was a car accident.  Sure enough when I walked to the side of the house there was a vehicle flipped over and off the road.  The accident Saturday happened in front of the house next to the house where this one happened.  So in less than five days there have been two accidents in almost the exact same place.  This one happened right across the street from Nathan's lot that is behind our house.  The young man (20 and a sophomore at Motlow) was able to crawl out of the car.  I didn't go out till the tow truck came so don't have photos all the emergency vehicles that were in attendance...4
or 5 police cars, a state trooper, an ambulance, and a fire truck...and after all the excitement the tow
vehicle that is pictured above.

The young man was in big trouble.  The police had been trying to find him after numerous reports of his hazardous driving.  He had plowed down 14 mailboxes...the 14th being the one at the house where he ended up upside down.  He had also had or almost had run into a mailcarrier's vehicle.  One lady who stopped said that she had reported him and followed him till she was afraid that he was going to turn around and might run into her.

Kathy was one of the first ones out there and gave him her phone to try to call his mother, but he never got it the number successfully dialed.  The police were very vocal when they got to him as they were upset with him for all the damage he had done.  I got my initial report about the accident from Nathan and Kathy.  Nathan reported that the young man wasn't able to pass any of the sobriety
tests...not sure if it was alcohol or drugs.  They did handcuff him and took him away in one of the

police cars.

I certainly hope that all accidents and falling trees are over with for a while around here!  This is just about too much excitement added to our sheltering at home!

Today our governor has requested that schools not start back up again this school year.  We have been expecting that.  Melany was glad to hear it...not that she doesn't want to go back to school, but if they had started up again she would have had to make a decision as to whether she would be able to return or get subs for the rest of the year.  She is on an immunosuppressive drug and is one of the high risk folk out there for getting the virus.


Melany called while I was out checking out the accident and when I called her back, she was talking
about school, the virus, etc. and all of a sudden Wade came in and told her that he needed to go to the emergency room as he had a bad nosebleed that he couldn't get to stop.  Of course, Melany couldn't
go in with him...just dropped him off and then parked.  We talked for a while.  She was still waiting and hadn't heard anything after an hour.  She texted me a while after we hung up and she said that he was okay and that they were observing him.  They have been home about an hour now.  One more upset of the apple cart during this virus!  What's next?!?

As far as I know Woody and I are well and continue to shelter at home.

I know that it is Wednesday because I called Donna and we had a library conference on the phone
when we would usually be in the library working...really we just talked and caught up with each other!


So tonight's borrowed Coronavirus thought is a light hearted one after all the drama above!

"Until further notice, the days of the week are now called  thisday, thatday, otherday,
Someday, yesterday, today and nextday.



The iPad did not like the spelling of those days of the week and I know that now my spacing is all messed up...sorry!

Stay safe!
Stay well!
Stay home!