Well, I knew they were calling for snow today, but I don't think anyone expected what Mother Nature has brought us so far. They were calling for a total of about 6 inches in certain areas over a period of about 14 hours total. Well, when I left for work this morning at 8:15, we had 3 inches on the ground in front of our house already! Let's just say that made for a very interesting morning.
About 1/2 mile up the road from our house, on our unplowed state owned road, I hit a slick spot and started sliding across the road, into oncoming traffic, and ended up in the corn field to avoid hitting the car coming at me. That's the simple/nice part. The bad part is that in the process, the only way I could get out of the way of the other car was to slide into a sign that was along the side of the road. I ended up taking off my drivers side mirror and denting the wheel well on the rear drivers side. Neadless to say, I was pissed. I probably would not have ventured any further in after that had it not been for my boss's decision to suspend my "work at home" priveledges yesterday because they don't trust me. (That's another post for another time).
I got to work about 30 mins late, and have spent the rest of the time filing an insurance claim, which is going to cost me my $500 deductible. This all really sucks!
UPDATE: 3/17/2004:
Photos of the damage are available here.
What really sucks about this whole thing is that now I realize how much I use that mirror. Everytime I got to look in it, it's not there and I get mad.
Posted by: doug at March 16, 2004 04:50 PM