A year ago today....

[jaydub13]

I'm not really sure why, but this is just a little something I felt like sharing with the board...

A year ago today, I was coming back from a one day turn-around to Vegas(meeting up with a woman, as all bad decisions start), got delayed, and fell asleep at the wheel between Baker and Barstow. I was only asleep for a split second, but that split second was enough for me to travel off of the road. I awoke to find 3 wheels off the road, and immediately corrected, but in the soft sand of the desert, I over-corrected, and found myself moving backwards, headed across the 15. The car went off the other side of the road, and flipped end over end, landing shiny side up.

Time for a little backstory.... A week before, I was diagnosed with a blood clot in my leg, and prescribed Warfarin(blood thinners). Because of this, as soon as I regained my bearings, I got out of the vehicle, called 911, and assessed my situation. My Honda Accord was totalled, with every window but the windshield broken. Literally everything in the car but me and my phone was strewn across the dirt, and my backseat was full of broken glass and rocks. And yet, somehow, I was without a cut.

I did not walk away unscathed, however, as I had cracked a rib and punctured a lung. As it turns out, the rib that was broken had come within 1 cm of puncturing the sac around my heart.

I regularly think back to that experience, and say a silent thanks to whomever was looking down on me that day, as I know that I should not have lived through that.

I decided that I would commemorate the anniversary of my second chance by quitting cigarettes. I have been smoking for a little over 6 years now, and I don't want to be reliant on them anymore. A second chance at life deserves to be remembered by quitting something that I know can have terrible lasting consequences. I will be using Nicorette, but if anyone has any tips for me, that would be much appreciated.

Thanks for your time, Inmates!