Losing Getty Center Roulette

[Ghoulish Delight]

If you drive the Sepulveda Pass as much as we do, you're bound to eventually walk away (hopefully) with a story like this.

Spoiler alert: everyone is fine

Southbound, just past Skirball, CP is driving in the 2nd lane from the right. Traffic is dense, but moving at basically freeway speed. I catch sight of an SUV fishtailing in the carpool lane a ways ahead of us. It hits the divider, and bounces off into lanes. I lose sight of it. CP never saw it. She heard me gasping, and sees brake lights, so she starts to slow. Next thing we know, it's in our lane and she's got no chance to stop. We hit it probably still going around 30, our front right hit their rear right pretty squarely. Then the SUV hit the wall on the right and the car to our right hit the SUV, less hard than us.

No one in any car was seriously injured, amazingly. It all could have been much much much worse. But our car is in pretty bad shape, undrivable. Got towed to an impound, then taken to an airport car rental. Finally got home 3 hours later or so.

T was indescribably amazing through it all. He was asleep before it happened. No idea at what point he woke up, but he didn't show any sign of real distress beyond being a little bit stunned, so I'm guessing he was pretty much asleep at impact and has no real idea what happened. By the end he was mostly upset that we had to leave the "Happy Honda" behind (as was I).

We'll see what tomorrow brings. Tonight just feeling...shell shocked and appreciative of wha tI have.

g'night