Wednesday, December 11, 2013

One bad day - Second accident

The beginning of the day was very bad. I missed my morning prayer because I slept late in the night. It made me really sad. It was rare that I missed a prayer since I came to the US.

 I could go out of my house today after several days. It was still cold, but most of the ices were melted. I went shopping in the morning. I was unhappy because of my car. A small part of it was fallen down the night before these three days. I don't know what had been happened to it, but it was not really important. I went shopping in the morning, and I went to school after that. I tried to find Ann in the cafe or library, but she was not there. I missed my class because I was in my office, and I completely forgot that I had a class.



The whole day, I tried to finish grading the projects. One student was really worried about failing in this course. I calculated his grade by the end of the day, and I told him that he would pass the course. I came desperately to the lab, but she didn't come today at all. I felt depressed again. I stayed in my office and played chess. I also finished grading those project papers. It was 10:45 pm that I decided to go home, and I was tired.

It was cold. As soon as I came out of the department building, I started shaking because of the cold. I walked to my car, and I saw that the front windshield glass was completely frozen. I tried to clean it, but it was impossible. It was that cold that I couldn't even stay out of the car for a minute. I stayed inside my car and turned the air conditioner on. It couldn't really help. It takes time for my car heater to work. I didn't know what to do. I decided to call Martin to help me. Suddenly, I remembered that I had some water in the trunk. I opened the trunk, and I found the gallon. It was frozen and solid like a stone. There was, however, a little water on the top of the gallon. I spilled it on the windshield and tried to clean it. I couldn't clean it completely, but it was OK. At least, I could see my front now. I drove toward home.

In the way, all of the sudden, the front windshield glass became less clear and less clear. I was in the middle of a 4-way, and I stayed behind the signal lights. I slide down the windows to see my sides. I could see only blurry lights in my front. I saw the signal turned green. I didn't know what to do at all. In one hand, I couldn't see my front. On the other hand, I was in the middle of a 4-way. I decided to drive very slowly toward a gas station in the corner of the 4-way. It was the worse decision that I could take in that moment. As soon as I turned toward the other street, I became completely blind. There was no light in the other street. It was only darkness. I could see absolutely nothing in my front. I watched my sides, and I tried to align my car toward the road that I turned into it. I was in the middle of the 4-way, and I became completely hopeless. I couldn't turn back, and I couldn't see my front. Any moment the other cars could come from the side and hit my car.

I drove very slowly to keep my car away of the other cars. All of the sudden, my car hit a column in the middle of the road. I couldn't believe it. It was another accident. I didn't know what to do. I just reversed the gear and drove my car toward the other side of the street. I still could see nothing. I turned to the first street. I found a light there. I took off my car to see what's happened. When I saw the damage, I just got disappointed. "I lose this car in these cold days because of nothing." I thought. It was very cold. I tried to take a picture, but I couldn't keep my hand on the camera because of the cold. I cleaned the front windshield again, and I drove home.





At night, I was very sad and disappointed. "I really didn't want this to happen. I shouldn't have stay that late in the university. I shouldn't have drive my car at all. Why didn't I stay behind the signal to clean the windshield there? Could possibly somebody hit me there? What if I hit a pedestrian?" I thought to myself. I sent SMS to Martin to talk to him and became a little relaxed, but it really didn't help me. I cried a little, but I couldn't sleep until 4 A.M. because of those thoughts. I just wanted to figure out how could I prevent it, and what else could I do, but I couldn't do anything. What's happened is happened, and I can't return to the time before the accident. I tried to see accident location in Google Maps, and I tried to figure out how much does it cost to fix it.

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