Just plastic and metal.

Just plastic and metal. Not flesh and soul. Just plastic and metal. Not flesh and soul. Just plastic and metal. Not flesh and soul. Just plastic and metal. Not flesh and soul.

That's all I could say when I drove up to a head-on crash last night that (we think) has left the RDX totaled. Bill walked away - thank you again, God.

He was coming up behind the mall on Cumberland and was just passing the Chuck. He was in the far right lane of three. The two left lanes all line up to turn onto Spring Road and always back up early during rush hour. Those two lanes were stopped. Bill's was not. A car came from the opposite direction, and saw that the first two lanes were stopped, yet had no vision about the third lane. He turned left (into Carrabas/old Roasters) in front of the first two lanes and entered the third lane, just as Bill came up the hill and into view.

Bill hit the front of the other car head-on. His airbag deployed, and the front half of his car looks like it fell from a cliff. The paramedics were amazed that he wasn't more injured. He has some bruising and burn marks on his wrists and a stiff neck, but that's it. We don't know anything about the other driver. He was older and was taken away by the ambulance, though the paramedics didn't think it was life-threatening.

The car was towed to basically a junk yard last night, and GEICO is towing it again to their "special lot" in Loganville. That move alone means "don't expect to see this car again," and they strongly suggested Bill remove every item from his car. That meant Bill had to go to the corner of Windy Hill and South Cobb last night at 9pm to rummage through and make sure he got every last thing out. When I asked him about the place he simply said, "yeah, a little scary."

Thank you again to my longtime sister Shannon for dropping everything, rushing to my house and taking care of the boys. Her steadiness in purpose allowed me to get to Bill focused and calm.

He is momentarily taking off at the Silver Comet Trail getting ready to run another half marathon, though admittedly he doesn't think this will be his best race ever.

I don't care how slow he runs. In my opinion, it's the best run he's ever had.

Just plastic and metal.