Dodging Bullets

I’ve been living dangerously the last couple of days. First, went out to lunch in a downpour and my car almost got caught in a flood in the the restaurant parking lot, but someone warned me just in the nick of time. I dashed out to my car and drove it away from the rising waters. Then, had a very large piece of chocolate cake at my friend Pat’s birthday party last night, but no heart attack yet (whew!) This morning I was returning home from dropping Basketball Girl at school. It’s still raining very hard here. I was sitting at a stoplight, minding my own business, when there was a sudden gust of wind, followed by a huge bang on my car roof. A big tree had just fallen on top of me! I took stock for a few seconds and decided that I seemed to be okay, so I just backed out from under the tree and drove away. Luckily for me, the part that actually hit my car was the leafy end of the branches.