Horror!!!!

So Joey and I were driving to school at 7:30 on Thursday morning when I see this brown ball roll on the road in front of my car. Didn't feel any impact, so I thought, well maybe I didn't really hit it. Anyway its too small to be a squirrel or raccoon. When I got to school though, I thought I had better check just to be sure there isn't blood on my car. I walk to the front, and...

THERE'S THIS BIRD STARING RIGHT AT ME!!!! Two beady eyes and beak, right out from the front vents of my car, OMG OMG OMG!!!!! I called Johanna in a panic, walked into school to moan to Karen and Lorraine, then almost had a complete breakdown. SOS-ed Troy who said he'll be here to help me in 10-12 hours. Wow, big help!

Anyway, from my day just went downhill from that moment on. Had the craziest morning with 3 obviously ADHD kids, then all afternoon helping out at kindergarten registrations, which was a nightmare. And then Johanna, brave girl that she is, took a big branch and helped me prod the bird out from the vent. But because it was stuck so far behind, she couldn't really get it out. (Its still a mystery to us how it got stuck so far in, I was only driving at maybe 65mph.) Me, I just looked from 5 feet away. I couldn't even stand the thought of being close to my car. See, thats why I need my American friends who are accustomed to dealing with all kinds of dead animals!!

And she calmly told me that there are feathers on my engine - UGH!!!! We somehow lost the bird on the drive home, and I'm HOPING it fell out on the road, but I don't know if its still in my engine somewhere. Plus, the feathers are still in there because I haven't had the guts to open the hood since then. Anyway, Troy promised to help me check for bird next weekend so I guess I'll just try to survive until then.

However I count myself lucky I didn't hit a deer. Avery's parents though always warn me to watch out for deer when I drive home from their house because apparently its deer country out there. I HATE dumb animals!!!