A Near-Hit At The Sis-Town Casey's

What's with people referring to a near-miss accident? Like two planes almost colliding mid-air, or two cars almost crashing into each other? What they really mean is a near-hit! If it was truly a near-miss, then the collision would have happened!

Anyhoo...we're not talking about planes. And only partially about automobiles. We're here to play the world's tiniest violin in sympathy for Mrs. HM, who was the victim of a near-hit at the Sis-Town Casey's on Friday.

The cold weather put my errand day on hold until Friday. The Pony couldn't go. The Pony, perhaps, could have saved me from this near-catastrophe. 

Casey's was a bit busy, but Pump 3 was available. I parked T-Hoe, and began the trek across the parking lot to pre-pay. I usually have The Pony walking along beside me, consciously trying to rein in those long strides. I was halfway across, in no-mom's-land, when a lady got into a small black SUV that was parked in the handicap space, to the left of the handicap striped walkway to the sidewalk ramp.

Lady started backing out, swinging the rear of her small black SUV in my direction. AND SHE KEPT BACKING! I stopped, but she kept coming! I'm not a fast-enough hobbler to rush across before being hit. I was afraid I would fall. I tried backing up my own self. Still slow, but it feels better to my knees. I was getting really worried. I made it backwards about 5-7 steps.

Good thing it was a small car. The rear bumper was about six feet from me when she stopped, put it into DRIVE, and went forward to leave the lot. Such a relief! I can't believe she didn't even look before she started backing. Either her backup beeper wasn't working, or she just didn't care! This small black SUV was newer than T-Hoe. It might have even had a backup camera. A-Cad has one, and A-Cad is a 2016 model.

Anyhoo... that little adventure got my heart racing. I was imagining myself flat on the pavement, with tires running over me.