Hibernation

I think I'm going to go into hibernation from now on during the winter.

I managed to get up early enough to get the car started this morning so that it would warm up before we had to leave.

I also picked up a blanket of Wyatt's just in case we got stuck somewhere.

I did not remember to get my hat and gloves out.

So, I noticed that it was pretty slick on our road. I didn't think twice about it and took the path to Nana's that includes a pretty steep and winding hill. That was a mistake.

I stopped at the top of the hill knowing that I wanted to go as slowly as possible down it.

It didn't take long before we started sliding sideways and wound up in the ditch. We hit the ditch pretty hard actually. I turned on the interior light and checked to make sure Wyatt was ok. He was upset, but ok.

Then, I had to figure out what to do. If we got out and walked the rest of the way to Nana's (out of cell phone service), I had a blanket for him. But, if another car came down the hill and lost control, we would have nothing to protect us. I decided that it was safer in the car.

So, I turned on the hazard lights and managed to get us out of the ditch. But, we kept sliding sideways every time I let off the brake.

So, I just kept steering the best I could, tapping on the brakes and we finally made it down to the bottom of the hill.

By that time my legs and hands were shaking. But, no harm done. We made it to Nana's. I remembered not to take that way back from her house to work. I'll have to remember not to take that way back to her house now this evening.

Not a fun way to start a Monday.