Recovery

What were we thinking? In our infinite wisdom, we decided to travel to the Quad to visit my aunt, then head over to Peoria to visit the in-laws. Now if you don't know, the Quad is exactly three hours from here and then Peoria is an hour and a half away from there. And then it's three more hours to drive home. This meant that we woke up at five in the friggin' morning to get up, get ready and head out.

Somehow, I managed waking up before the birds. We did our travel to the Quad with no problem. It was on our way to Peoria that the strangest thing happened. We were on the entrance ramp to the highway, when two cars ahead of us swerved to the right. The first car had motioned the second car to pull over. I thought maybe one of them was having car trouble, so I looked out to see what was wrong as we slowly drove past. The driver of the first car threw open his door and began running like a bat out of hell. I can't describe the look on his face, only to say that there was definitely fire in his eyes. It was shocking, so shocking, that Chris pulled over too.

Something was not right about this. Why was he running to the second car the way he was? It wasn't just anger, this was rage. So I peeped back to see what was going on. The driver of the second car lowered his window to see what the first driver wanted, only to be pummeled by the first driver. Yeah, driver of car A began beating the driver of car B. Then driver A noticed that we had pulled over too. He ran back to his car, jumped in and drove away as fast as he could. All this happened before my husband could even get his door open.

Chris, being the fast thinker he is, wrote down his license plate number. Driver B pulled up alongside us. Chris gave him his cell phone number, so that when they called the police, he could be a witness. I should note that driver B and his passenger were both elderly, which just makes this scene all the more shocking. I made sure they were okay, before we headed back onto the highway.

Five minutes later, a state trooper called us on the cell phone so that we could give a statement. The great thing was that I'd gotten a good look at driver A and his passenger, while Chris had gotten a good look at the make and model of his car. So we gave good descriptions. The trooper told us the story matched and that he'd be putting out a warrant for the guy's arrest.

The really sad thing is that I'm sure driver A would have done more to driver B had we not pulled over as well. Once the guy knew there'd be witnesses, he ran/drove away. Thank goodness he didn't have a gun. I have no idea what started all this or if it was just a case of road rage, but that's no excuse to beat an elderly man.

It's a day later and honestly, I still can't wrap my mind around the whole scene. And it was Christmas to boot! So much for good cheer, eh? Strange people.

After that, we did have a wonderful evening with the in-laws. My mother-in-law fixed a fabulous meal. Kade sang some carols. It always amazes me at how outgoing and extroverted he is. He didn't get that from me, I'll tell ya right now. I am always very shy around groups of people.

Needless to say, we did manage to get home by six in the evening. I was asleep before nine. That NEVER happens. I was exhausted. Today, I plan on resting up. Unfortunately, Chris cannot join me, as he had to work today. Poor guy. Don't worry, I'll take care of him later, hehe.

I hope all of your holidays go smoothly and peacefully with no road rage drivers to mar your season. I wish you all a safe and happy holiday season.

With much love,

Ari