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Well, I went home for Sunday, driving through the night on Saturday... between Brady and Llano I did something I have never done before.
I hit something.
I've been driving for three years now, and have never hit anything. However, in the hill country of Texas, I came up a hill to see a gray shape in the road. There were a few thoughts running through my head- surprise at hearing my own startled yelp, noticing that the animal-shape did not have the long neck distinctive to deer- and was therefore probably a pig of some kind. (Because we do have wild pigs in Texas.) The rest was instinct. Push on the brakes, turn the wheel to try and avoid hitting the creature.
I did manage to avoid a head-on collision, I only caught it with the corner of my car. I pulled over to try and see the damage... I couldn't find my flashlight, so all that I could see in the glare of my still-operational headlights was that the section of car under my right headlight- I don't know that you would call it a bumper- was gone. Snapped away as if it never was.
I was- and am- fine. However at church the next day, my parents and friends proceeded to tell me how bad it COULD have been. Apparently, wild pigs are one of the worst things that you can hit. Low center of gravity+ High density= High probability of flipping cars.
I was also lucky that my car made it the hour remaining to my house- apparently the impact shoved an important tube up against something that spins, and a hole was being bored into it the whole time I was driving.
I just really didn't need this right now. Ah well, stella vi, right?
I did get to see my church's candlelight communion on Sunday- which I try my hardest not to miss every year- its my favorite service. I didn't even know that they were having it this Sunday!
It just doesn't feel quite like Christmas to me until I've stood in that Sanctuary, candle lit, seeing the whole room aglow just from the candles we hold, and sung Christmas songs with my church family.
Soon I get to go back home, and hopefully, get some rest and relaxation. I'm driving my mother's truck, and the last thing any of us need is for something to happen to THAT.
