Another New Lease On Life
What a life we have, people. I had a really fantastic weekend at a Christian performing arts camp I counsel for. Many of the counselors went out to eat after we were done cleaning up last night, and we had a lovely time. I think it was one of the better weekends I've had at camp, and camp is always wonderful. My drive home was another story. Just to preface, I'm fine. My car is fine; everything is completely fine. Here's what happened: I almost hit an opossum, and it was terrifying. I saw it trotting into the road from the right, and I swerved. I learned in driver's ed NOT to swerve, and NOT to slam on the brakes. I still know not to jerk the wheel and to instead ease gently out of danger without pressing down too hard on the brake pedal. But guess what? That's what I did. I slammed the brakes and jerked the wheel, because I REALLY didn't want to hit an innocent little animal. It spun me around, but I thankfully stayed on the road, and there was no inc...