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23 Jan 2013, 12:10 am

So this morning I took Nim out to pee and I was running late, so I brought her to the trr right in front of our house and let her release herself. Then we rushed inside a was quite cold. I took off her leash off and went to go into the kitchen to get my stuff when I feel the house shake an a loub boom and metal bending sound. I startled and was shocked I didn't hit sensory overload! I also saw my nieghbor pull into their driveway. Confused I went out side to find the a car had crashed into the tree! The driver was fine! He was cut off by someone or someone or something like that. I was very shocked I was high functioning and actualy checked on the person and took photos for them and feel I did really well in the situation, more impressed i didn't have over load and shut down missing class! But all I could think on the way to class was that less then 5 minutes also Nim was peeing on on the side of the tree! Had we been a bit slower she would have been hit! And possibly killed, or had she just finished going and we were heading in we could have gotten injured by the shrapnel that is now on the side walk and on my lawn! I am glad the driver is ok though.


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23 Jan 2013, 1:11 am

I'm glad you're ok as is Nim.

I do hope the "5 intestines" are just an unfortunate autocorrect...



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23 Jan 2013, 8:02 am

Noetic wrote:
I'm glad you're ok as is Nim.

I do hope the "5 intestines" are just an unfortunate autocorrect...


Yes it was I wonder if it is to late to edite it


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27 Jan 2013, 11:14 am

ASdogGeek wrote:
So this morning I took Nim out to pee and I was running late, so I brought her to the trr right in front of our house and let her release herself. Then we rushed inside a was quite cold. I took off her leash off and went to go into the kitchen to get my stuff when I feel the house shake an a loub boom and metal bending sound. I startled and was shocked I didn't hit sensory overload! I also saw my nieghbor pull into their driveway. Confused I went out side to find the a car had crashed into the tree! The driver was fine! He was cut off by someone or someone or something like that. I was very shocked I was high functioning and actualy checked on the person and took photos for them and feel I did really well in the situation, more impressed i didn't have over load and shut down missing class! But all I could think on the way to class was that less then 5 minutes also Nim was peeing on on the side of the tree! Had we been a bit slower she would have been hit! And possibly killed, or had she just finished going and we were heading in we could have gotten injured by the shrapnel that is now on the side walk and on my lawn! I am glad the driver is ok though.


It sounds like you did awesome handling the whole situation! You should be proud of yourself for that! =)
Definitely give yourself the credit
Thankfully you and Nim were not outside while that happened, that would be scary.
One time an out of control car careened into my friends lawn about a half hour after i had left, walking through the same spot the car went through =P



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27 Jan 2013, 2:56 pm

I find it funny what I react to and what I don't react to. In my teens, my little brother was downstairs while we were at my aunt and uncle's farm. He was fascinated with their wood burning furnace and he threw a can of acetone into the flames. No one was hurt, but it cracked the foundation and caused some other damage. It was rather surreal, just kind of "huh" - though the air was a bit yellowy and had the tang of acid. It never did bother me except that my first thought was that my brother blew up - but it just seemed a logical conclusion. Actually, it is amusing in that when my aunt called his name, he replied: Yes. Then she asked what he was doing and he answered: "nothing." :lol:

Anyways, I am glad the two of you are okay, and that the driver is okay. You may not react at all, and I hope this is the case. I hope it just remains an interesting story.

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27 Jan 2013, 3:54 pm

glad you and your dog are alright though is the tree okay?