Shaken, but okay.

[athene]

Both lordaerith and I are fine.

This morning as we were driving down Parmer to go to work, a deer ran across the road and into the right front side of our car. The car still runs, but the front fender panels are dented, the front passenger door is bent and won't open, and there is some cosmetic damage to the back passenger door. Also there was a noise of the front passenger tire scrapping the wheel well as we took corners on our way to get me to work.

Aerith headed to work and called the insurance company from there (I know because the claim is already in the online system & he just texted me about it). We have some rental coverage which is good because Aerith's car is still in the shop.

Of course I feel crazy guilty about all of this because we were running late because I realized as we started to leave the house that I'd left my access pass for work on my desk and had to run back in to get it. Also, I saw the deer a split second before it hit us so I'm wondering if I had said anything if we could have avoided it. Now, if I hadn't had to go back, something else might have happened. And if I had said something, maybe Aerith would have swerved just a little and then the deer would have hit the passenger door instead of the front of the car and I would have been seriously injured. And if, and if, and if...

Also, after we pulled over on the side of the road to give the car a quick check (making sure we hadn't poped a tire or anything really bad), we didn't look back to check for the deer. Of course by the time we actually got over, we probably couldn't have seen the deer anyway, and so now part of me worries that it wasn't a deer. But I know that I saw a deer because my brain went "DEER!" a second before it all happened.

So, yeah, I'm pretty shaken and my right thigh is just a touch sore and the car will need to go into the shop (which it needed to do anyway), but over all, we came out of this one okay.

Also, for the past several days I've been really jumpy about things on the right side of the car when we've been driving. Guess I don't have to be jumpy anymore.

Comments

[gudenna.livejournal.com]

Glad you guys are okay! Deers + cars can end up very badly for everyone involved. And you are right about the "what if" loop, just let those thoughts go.

[jagienka]

Deers are scary. And stupid. The first time our car met a deer, bad_influence did yell deer and it still ended up being massive fail for the car (hitting the deer and the guardrail and doing a 180 and ending up facing traffic on I-95). Luckily we walked away from that uninjured.

No point in second guessing what happened. Just be grateful that you guys are okay.

[missingwatch.livejournal.com]

glad you're ok!

that's the second friend that's had an encounter with a deer in the last month. I'm beginning to think they're plotting something.

[danamongden.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Glad you're both ok.

[jslorentz.livejournal.com]

[hugs!]

[oracle-tx.livejournal.com]

A deer hit me on Riata Vista just before I got to Parmer some years ago. It dented the driver side door, and I had gotten to a full stop before it hit. The deer around there evidently haven't gotten any smarter.

I'm glad y'all are okay!

[knighthorse.livejournal.com]

*hugs* So glad you both are OK. It's not fun. I've been there. Just let all those thoughts go. They'll only make you crazy.

[wenchalicious.livejournal.com]

It's hard to let go of the second guessing, but in the greater scheme of things... I'm glad you both are ok.

[gailmom.livejournal.com]

dam giant rodents....

glad you are ok. happy you have rental coverage. do tell your insurance company about the sore thigh. just in case.

~hugs you hard~

[kadairk.livejournal.com]

Adding to the hugs. Sometimes, there is NOTHING you can do to avoid a deer ... my mom had one run into the back panel/tire of her car once. Nobody would have believed her if we hadn't found some hair and a tiny bit of blood on the hubcap. (And that's just one of three deer accidents people in my family have had ... we all watch for them constantly, but sometimes the deer just shows up out of nowhere, moving fast.)

Glad you are both okay!

[felisviolaceous.livejournal.com]

*BIG HUGS* Glad to hear ya are doing ok!!

[darktouch.livejournal.com]

At least it wasn't a Moose. Glad there's no serious issues.

[kisoumi.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Glad you guys are ok :)

[gryphynkit.livejournal.com]

:hugs: :P glad you are ok...deer are rather destructive