Living and learning

I've been gone for a while ... but this time it's been a legitamite reason, one that was troubling. I was recovering. On May 31, I was in a car accident and it was bad.

Here's the story: Josh was out of town (in Atlanta) for a work-related golf tournament. I was going to my favorite Thai restaurant. I picked up my food, got into the car and put my takeout food on the passenger seat. It was raining slightly. I was behind a van, then it hit the breaks. I hit my breaks too. Then, I looked down when my food started to slide off the street.

I looked up in time to see my windshield break.

Then I got smacked in the face ... by a tree. I had run into a log hanging off the back of a logging truck.

It only grazed my face and completely took out my passenger head rest. If someone was sitting there, they would have been gone.

The pictures are below. Like I've said - it was bad ...

But it gave me a new lease on life. I'm going to start doing things differently. For one, I'm going to start giving back because I shouldn't be here. I've also decided to get my yoga teacher certificate.

There's more but I won't bore you ... just take a look at the photos (below). I think they say it all. And forgive those hideous pictures of me ... I was def. not looking my best, but who would?

I've also uploaded the photos of my newly renovated car below the accident photos. So enjoy and make sure to take advantage of every moment. I'm going to start doing that.

Notice how the driver's side glass is still intact.

Smacked with a log. It hurts.

I only had a couple of injuries: Face, shoulder and hands (which were on the steering wheel). They got scrapped up.

And the new photos ... I had a great body shop. And my face is in the midst of being fixed. 

LOVE my car but I love my life even more!

And this would be where the "living and learning" comes in - I want to use this "near death experience" for "good" and I want to do "good" in the future. Hence the living and learning.