A Guardian Angel saved me....
I'm happy to be here to post this thread tonight!
I live in Chatham, Ont., but occasionally I take a job in Kitchener, where I used to work and where my db and his family live. I didn't sleep well last night and got up super early this morning. But at 2:30 I landed a job in Kitchener for tomorrow so I packed up and left about 4:30 to head to Kitchener on the 401 highway.
I always travel at about 110km - not too fast, not too slow. It was a sunny afternoon and the car was warm I couldn't find a radio station I wanted to listen to.
I started to get very sleepy. I thought - well, I'll pull over at the first rest stop which is just before London and have a bit of a snooze for 1/2 hr and then continue. I didn`t make it to the rest stop before I fell asleep.
I woke up as my wheels left the road and I headed down into the gully that was the boulevard between the two sets of lanes. I'm travelling at 110 km down the side of the gully and through the very tall grass.
I notised that I still had my foot on the accelerator and took it off as highway signs went flying by. I slowed down to get the car back up to the shoulder and then back on the passing lane as a transport went flying by me.
Thank you to God and the angels and whoever had my back! Thanks to the drivers who avoided me! I thought for sure I would wreck! My husband said he can't believe that I didn't roll the car at the speed I was going and the terrain!
I stopped at the rest stop - got a caffeinated drink and a chocolate bar - splashed my face with cold water - went back to the car and turned the radio up loud and aimed the AC in my face - but by then I was WIDE awake!
2 km down the road I passed another poor driver who was off at the side of the road making a cellphone call - having hit a deer!
Wow!
It's only 10:00 - but I'm heading off to bed!
It's REALLY GOOD talking with you tonight, my friends!
