We may never drive again!

Last week we visited my parents for Christmas. There was a big storm predicted so we left early hoping to avoid driving in it. We left Tuesday afternoon. The roads were fine until we got about 25 miles from my parents house and I didn't even notice it had rained. I guess it had just misted and froze solid. It suddenly got VERY slippery. I started sliding and was headed for a semi in the other lane. I got the car turned and pointed into the median where we had a nice soft slide in. No one was hurt but of course we were stuck. We called a tow truck and had to wait about a 1/2 hour. The car was running fine and we had just filled up with gas so we could keep it running and stay warm. It just cost us $107 to have the car towed out of the median. Then we drove less than 20 miles an hour the rest of the way. The trip that can be done in 4 1/2 hours took 8. We got there safely and the car was not damaged.
Last night Gerhardt was going to Mt. Pleasant to visit his friend Kurt. Shortly after Gerhardt left, Kurt called to say the roads were bad. Gerhardt realized it was slippery and was going to turn around at Roosevelt Ave and come home. He started sliding and to avoid rearending the car in front of him got in the other lane. Keep in mind he is on the freeway. He looked up and there were cars coming toward him. I guess there had been an accident or something blocking the road further up and some brilliant people decided to make a U turn and go down the freeway the wrong way. Gerhardt had the choice of a head on collision or the median. He went for the median. He was not as lucky as I because the other idiot hit him. He is fine but the car has $3000-4000 damage. The passenger side of the car is crushed in a little and the front passenger window is broken out. Gerhardt was fine but I am very glad I was not in the car also. Anneliese would have been fine in the back and I probably wouldn't have been hurt badly but would have gotten cut up with the glass. He was able to drive the car home after getting it towed out of the median for exactly $107. He is talking to the insurance right now. We may be looking for a different car because his is pretty old and not even worth $3000 anymore. Drive safe and watch out for ice and idiots!

Anne is a weird kid!

Anne loves celery but won't eat chocolate chip cookies. She sometimes wants to go to bed. The weirdest thing though is she seems to love the hospital. Yesterday morning she woke up and was having trouble breathing. I called the doctor thinking it was another asthma attack and got some medicine for the nebulizer. She got slightly better after the treatments but had a really nasty cough and some other symptoms she didn't have before so we took her to the ER. I said something a couple of times that maybe we should go to the hospital and she said, "Go to Hospital, Want this!" Finally we did. She was pretty miserable when we left home. When we got there they gave her another breathing treatment and an oral steroid and she was fine. She took the medicine right down and was excited about taking it. She ran around having the best time. They did a chest x-ray which last time brought on crying and screaming but yesterday giggles. She got stickers for being so good and felt great by the time we left. The diagnosis was Bronchialitis, a virus way into the lungs that makes them inflamed and therefore makes it hard to breathe. We continue with breathing treatments and liquid steroids for the next week. I have to keep her home from daycare until her cough is gone. She felt great today and I think I have caught it. I am hoping for a storm and no school for the next 2 days so I don't have to take sick days!