Oh Deer!

Yesterday, while returning from a fishing tournament, Steve had a little run-in with a deer. The deer ran all the way across I-490 (4+ lanes of highway traffic) and into the side of his car while he was merging onto the highway. Tyler was with him, thank God he was on the passenger side of the car. No one (except the deer) was hurt. The deer jumped into the back window on the driver's side, after first hitting the driver's side mirror. Then it hit the back quarter panel and left a few dents. The window was completely shattered. Tyler was shaken up quite a bit by the whole thing as he had the best view of the event. His comments about the accident are: "the deer jumped into Daddy's car and the glass broke. The deer didn't look both ways. I don't like deer. The deer scared me. The deer hurt three of us: Daddy, Tyler, and green blankie." Yes, green blankie was involved (and seems to be taking on imaginary friend status), but Mommy used her laundry skills and saved the day. Tyler has also decided that the song "It's Not Easy Being Green" is about the blanket.

Now we have to wait until Monday to get an estimate for the car and see what the insurance wants to do. It's a 2001 Chevy Prism, so there's not a lot of difference $$-wise to the insurance company between repairing it and totalling it.