HEY! I'm walking here

Imagine my surprise on Tuesday afternoon as I'm walking to my car to head to some appointments and I get hit by a car. A maroon Alero like the one pictured above. Yes, as a pedestrian. It was about 2:20 and I had the "walk" signal. I first thought I was getting mugged because it was such a force from behind that I hit the ground hard and my things went all over the street. Then I looked up and realized that I'd been hit by a car that was not stopping. In fact the car proceeded to run another red light to get away. Can you imagine? They had no idea if I was dead or not because I was just a heap in the road in the rear-view mirror. (Their side-view mirror left a nice mark on my back and bruised my kidneys.)

This all happened in front of Huntington Bank (seriously thinking of moving all my accounts there now. Those people were so incredibly nice to me.) and within moment people were helping me gather my bruised laptop, cell phone, wallet and lunchbox. I was so embarrassed at first, but then once I realized that my left leg was a mess I let people help me. An ambulance arrived and I was treated at the scene. My blood pressure was, obviously, sky high so I had to wait with them for a bit until it came down. Jackson got my text message and was able to meet me in the ambulance. He was so sweet how he just burst into the back with an, "ARE YOU OK?!!" The paramedics were stunned that he had let himself in and I just giggled.

Jackson drove me home to let me change out of my dirty (it was raining so I was all wet and nasty from being on the ground) clothes and get a warm shower. When my back continued to hurt, as we thought it might, we headed to the doctor's office for X-rays. After about 1.5 hours spent with a doctor poking me and asking if it hurt (YES!) I got my prescriptions and was released.

Praise the Lord, I have no broken bones. This situation could have been a lot worse and I'm so thankful that the Lord was watching over me. I am, however, as sore as I have ever been in my life. I'm on a lot of pain medication and that makes me feel pretty foggy. I was able to only work for a few hours today from the comfort of my warm bed (thanks again for the heated mattress pad, Kathi!) and take a lot of naps. I plan to be back to work tomorrow. I just hope no one expects me to be in a hurry. ;)

And no the humor of getting hit by a crazy driver in Indianapolis and not in Boston is not lost on me. :)