I knew it would take something extreme...
I suppose as far as "being shitty" goes, this would be on the lighter end as it turns out better than it could have... but, it was still shitty.
So, I guess it's on with the show:
...all of the sudden we were in the car. I wasn't really sure how I got there, especially in the passenger seat with my mom driving. I certainly don't mind riding shotgun with my mom driving (not that I would ever admit if I did), but things felt odd this time for some reason. I suppose it could have to do with the fact that my mom actually lives 1,447 mi – about 23 hours 44 mins away from me now, but who really knows...
Something came onto the radio, and my mom was either upset about what she heard on the radio, or perhaps I made a comment about the commentary which she didn't agree with or like very much. My bad.
She looked down and then off to the left out of the driver's side window, at which point I looked out the front of the car through the windshield and saw that we were heading straight for the end of some kind of pier/dock like structure.
I realize quickly that at our current speed it will be mere seconds before we are IN the water. I yell "mom watch out!!" and try to grab for the wheel so I can turn it hard to the right and hopefully give us a rough, but safe escape from this crazy ass watery grave in front of us.... I was too late. We drove right off of the end of this pier and we hit the water going pretty fast. The impact felt so hard, but with my heart pumping so hard and adrenaline coursing through my veins, all I could do was wait for the water.
What seemed like almost no time later at all, the water was rushing into the car pretty fast. I knew I needed to break the window or we were going to be fucked. I needed to equalize the pressure so we could open the door and get out. I attempt to go into action, but I can barely move. The freezing cold water has completely robbed me of all of my energy and it was all I could do to even lift up my arm. I was stuck.
I looked to my mom. I say "to" because my "plan" was to look at her for some direction on what to do. All I could see was terror in her face. She was so terrified that she had shut down. I felt without control, more helpless than I have ever felt, and like a failure because I couldn't save my mom.
Then I woke up.
Yes, I woke up @ around 4:45 AM PST yesterday (Thursday morning) and my heart was beating so fast because my mind thought the dream was real that I had to go smoke a cig just to calm back down enough to close my eyes and lie still.
What a shitty nightmare... which really wasn't very fresh to death at all....
...and now I want some fucking awesome "welcome back" comments! So fucking get to it!
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Labels: adventures in kenmore, fresh to death, thoughts






