my encounter with a conifer
ok, so i'm doing my third last shift at work - barbeque in white... go figure. cute new guy btw - daniel who has the whole american eagle spokesperson thing going for him. when im leaving i have no ride so 5 of us end up in the car as Zarina drives home. this is where i get a little too close to the pine tree (that actually reminds me of a time where i was portaging and a tree tried to run me through... but that is another story). So we're approaching markville chatting away in the rain and the car is going a tad too fast to stop safely behind the car that is stopped at a just turned green light. anyway, she swerves a little, avoiding the car and attempting to go into the right hand turn lane.. but the car wont steer into the lane and I'm thinking "oh shit, we're going up on the curb".. so we go up on the curb. Next thing im thinking as the car appears to continue in a fast paced slow motion is "shit we better not hit the pole".. we dont hit the pole (although it was a little too close for my liking) next thing im thinking is "shit theres a tree infront of us" - im in the front seat this whole time btw - then i think "shit we're getting awfully close to that tree" then.. "shit we can't possibly steer away from this tree" and finally "shit the car is making contact with the tree." there was no life flash before the eyes crap, but then again, i didn't die. we all walked away laughing and our driver seemed totally calm only worried that the police station across the street might have seen - oh insurance woes. and so that is my close encounter with a pine tree.