A Car Hit Me!

Last weekend my wife and I were hanging out around DC and we heard a commercial on the car radio that she did not want to hear.  It was one of those typical "call the law offices of..." commercials and despite how annoying those are in general, she did not want to hear it for other reasons.  You see I bike to work pretty much every day and this causes a bit of stress because of the dangers of biking in a busy city.  However, I wear my helmet and I always promise her I am careful on the bike.  I guess this is why when this commercial started off with "Every day 10 individuals are killed by motor vehicles while riding a bike", my wife just quickly turned the station and commented that she wasn't up to listening to that.  I laughed at her and told her not to worry because I would never get hit by a car while riding my bike.  To date, I was correct!

However, this week I got hit by a car walking home from the pool!

Last Wednesday I went to the pool after work and had a nice short workout.  I started walking home and as I turned onto N. Capital Street I started thinking about all kinds of nonsense.  I was about halfway home when I watched a car turn in front of me and then began to cross the street.  Within a split second I was seeing black and realized that I was lying head first on the hood of a car.  The car rapidly came to a stop and I slid off the car, thought to myself "HOLY SHIT" and stood in front of the car as George (the man inside) looked at me like a dear in headlights!  He got out of the car and was in complete shock as he stood there looking at me.  I had a cut on my lip and a small bruise under my eye (first black eye of all time) and a bump on my chin!  George came over and apologized and I did all I could not to yell at him.  I knew it was an accident and quickly forgave him!  It was freaking scary thought!  I am always amazed at how time happens so quickly!  I calmed down and realized I had no major damage and told George to go home and not worry about it.  I then proceeded home to check out my bumps and bruises.

I feel we were both blessed!  Our lives could have changed for the worst in that moment, but someone was watching after both of us.  I hope that never happens to me again, I thank God I can walk, and continue to look forward to starting my training on November 1st!