Close Call

Frenchie always makes fun of me because even when driving I’m constantly looking around.
Not much escapes my notice.
My “can’t miss a thing” attitude served me well this morning.
A cute and rather frightened deer bounded in front of my car.
Had I not been looking in that direction, I wouldn’t have stopped in time.

I slammed on the brakes.
My whole body tensed up.
I imagine the deer’s did too.
We looked at each other for a brief moment.
I tooted my horn to scare her back into the bushes and she complied.

My heart pounding, I drove off.
I cannot tell you how torn up I would have been if I’d hit that deer.
I’ve got a connection with them.
I would have been inconsolable.

Now my body is feeling the after effects.
I have neck problems to begin with and this has not been a good week.
My sudden tensing exacerbated matters considerably.
Too bad I can’t get high from the muscle relaxers I’m on.
Cause that would be a good way to spend the day.
:)

(No, it's not snowing in Canada right now. This is one of my favourite pics of my deer friends.)