Jana and I began our road trip on Friday afternoon at approximately 12:10 pm.
I went into work early all week to make up for the time I would miss Friday afternoon.
I was stoked to spend some real quality time with Jana and to get away for a little while.
We started the trip the way every trip should start...
Starbucks.
Dancing to Frankie Sinatra in Starbucks while waiting for our drinks & getting tires re-torqued in Nisku... Ahhh the randomness that is Jana & Lauren together.
We were gabbing our way through the trip - talking about life's adventures and #firstworldproblems.
Jana and I were both blessed with small bladders, so just as we were about to hit Gas-o-line alley (we had to make a joke about Diagon Alley!) we decided we'd need to stop for a pee and some H2O.
buuuuut, the universe had some other plans for us.
Here's the set up:
There's a white Dodge Ram in front of us, there's a ford explorer to my right, merging into traffic... then I see this:
The deer jumped straight into the side of the Dodge Ram.
I saw it jump up, covered my eyes and screamed "Oh my god, No no no no no!!!"
Jana didn't realize what this brown thing in the corner of her eye was.
The deer flipped up, was galloping in mid air, landed in our lane and we had no choice but to go right. over. top. of. it.
Que "holy shit"'s, "OH. MY. GOD"'s and some tears...
Jana slowly moved her vehicle off to the side of the road, which was now making some pretty funky noises.
The lady who was merging on my right was REALLY close to rear ending us, and she stopped to make sure we were okay.
She was pretty shaken up too.
Jana and I really had NO IDEA what to do now.
I was 100% sure that we had dragged the deer under our car... but it was still in the middle of the highway.
When we got out of the car, we took a look at the front of Jana's car.
It definitely could have been worse.
But her front end was smashed and her radiator was hanging from her car.
I'm not sure if I should say "thankfully" or not... but an RCMP officer pulled up behind us.
As it turns out, he was headed northbound and had seen the whole thing happen.
He wasn't the most helpful in the beginning.
He even went as far as asking Jana and I who was going to move the deer off the middle of busy Highway 2...
How did we get so lucky with this gem?
We made the decision to tow Jana's car. Since it was making some pretty brutal noise.
The tow truck showed up really quick... but we were not ready for this to turn into a John Candy movie as quickly as it did...
The tow truck driver, Brad... opens the back of the door for me.
I go to step in and hear "HI" from a small, blonde child sitting in her carseat in the backseat.
Interesting.
I see Jana out of the corner of my eye, struggling with something.... which I then realize is a small Boston Terrier. We are now in a rather small, truck with a small child, and dog, who I should mention, refused to stop licking the window beside Jana.
Because Jana was on the phone with her insurance company, she had yet to discover this two and a half year old beside me.
The story continues to get weirder and weirder... we end up having to drive two hours back to Stony Plain to drop off Jana's car, with the dog who turns out to be James Bond. We dropped off the little girl with her mom before heading to take us home.
There was a run in with a really creepy guy in Fas Gas, some texting and driving in the tow truck that almost killed us (as if we needed another opportunity), frozen feet, Teriyaki Beef Jerky & a lot of "Holy Shit... that just happened" moments.
So, I killed a deer. Ran right over top of it.
Something I'd never like to experience again.
Thankfully, only the car was injured... and of course the suicidal deer.
It could have been so much worse, but considering 30 minutes after the incident we said we wished we had a dash cam for the whole thing, I don't think we'll be suffering PTSD.
Or so I thought.
I've had two nightmares that the experience turns out way worse than it did.
High Five for great imaginations!!!
Even though our girls weekend was cut short, we both are just thankful we aren't hurt too badly.
Saturday and Sunday go by... and then hits Monday.
I got hit with this absolutely brutal flu.
Just curious, anyone wanna throw anything else my way?
The universe seems to be giving me some pretty lovely karma!
I hope everyone had a better long weekend than I did!
I've discovered a new kind of weight watchers... but I'm not sure I can keep this up much longer!
Stay healthy, Friends!
