An abrupt end to our camping season
Well....I should be sitting by a campfire enjoying some nice fall weather right now. We were going to try and take advantage of a 3-day weekend and get one last trip in for the 2013 season. Unfortunat...
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All of you have given me a lot to think about - and I do appreciate it.
To say that I totally kept my cool would would be understating things - after making sure my daughter and I were OK, I jump out to check if she was OK (and that was when I was able to tell how well and truly tanked she was - i am very curious to hear what her level was, it has to have been astronomical). I suppose one regret I have is that nobody was there to write down some of the things I called her....I think I had a few good ones in there, but it was the adrenaline talking...
but really what good would it have done for me to rage even further. The woman probably woke up Saturday morning not knowing where she was or what happened......and at what point do I cross a line and get into trouble myself? And at that point it becomes ME who takes even more away from my own kid. She's 6 years old, and the only thing she really knows is that "daddy was really mad" - at least she didnt see me totally lose it. I'm as big a meat-head as most guys come, had it been a man in the other car, especially if he could have gotten out I cant say what would have happened for sure...but thats just me overanalyzing things in retrospect.
To those of you who have been in similar situations I appreciate your perspective (and I too am happy you're here to share). Crickeydog I appreciate yours as well. I AM furious. Furious, disappointed, grateful, and maybe even a bit scared. NoDine made mention of it being good that it was us and that we are unhurt so that someone down the road, maybe a pedestrian, didnt get it worse. I've thought about that as well - "taking one for the team" so to speak. there is actually a little comfort in that for me too.
To say that I totally kept my cool would would be understating things - after making sure my daughter and I were OK, I jump out to check if she was OK (and that was when I was able to tell how well and truly tanked she was - i am very curious to hear what her level was, it has to have been astronomical). I suppose one regret I have is that nobody was there to write down some of the things I called her....I think I had a few good ones in there, but it was the adrenaline talking...
but really what good would it have done for me to rage even further. The woman probably woke up Saturday morning not knowing where she was or what happened......and at what point do I cross a line and get into trouble myself? And at that point it becomes ME who takes even more away from my own kid. She's 6 years old, and the only thing she really knows is that "daddy was really mad" - at least she didnt see me totally lose it. I'm as big a meat-head as most guys come, had it been a man in the other car, especially if he could have gotten out I cant say what would have happened for sure...but thats just me overanalyzing things in retrospect.
To those of you who have been in similar situations I appreciate your perspective (and I too am happy you're here to share). Crickeydog I appreciate yours as well. I AM furious. Furious, disappointed, grateful, and maybe even a bit scared. NoDine made mention of it being good that it was us and that we are unhurt so that someone down the road, maybe a pedestrian, didnt get it worse. I've thought about that as well - "taking one for the team" so to speak. there is actually a little comfort in that for me too.
