Ms. Crafty Galore - I've now experienced the wonders of safety glass up close

I learned something important tonight:

- things that are "bouncing" on the highway are not necessarily soft.

While I was traveling on 95 this evening (lots of traffic around, 60 mph) I had this "bouncing" object, which turned out to be a brick-sized chunk of cement or rock, hit my windshield and shatter it. It amazes me how calm I was when it happened. I didn't swerve the car...I didn't freak out, immediately. I just thought to myself "holy crud! that wasn't a cup bouncing down the road...and look, my windshield has shattered and I'm covered with glass, that sure sucks."

I'm fine. The windshield is not.

There is now a grapefruit sized indentation on the lower left-hand side of my windshield and long spider-web-like cracks reaching to the other side. Thank goodness for safety glass! But even with the safety glass, my dash was covered with tiny bit of broken glass that gleamed like diamonds when the headlights hit them just right. I had little diamonds on my arms. Little diamonds on my jeans. But thanks to my eyeglasses, I DIDN'T have little diamonds in my eyes.

Not the kind of diamonds I wanted for Valentine's.

But I'm okay. The brick/rock/cement thingie only hit the windshield. There is no body damage at all. And, best of all, my insurance will cover all but $50 of the repair. WHAT A NIGHT!