Really quick

This one really will be quick ...

It's official ... Conor comes home tomorrow (Friday). I am signing Ciaran out of school at 10 ... and off we go to the hospital. Conor is determined to get into the car ... so no ambulance for him. Joey is going to go mental!

The meeting with the cop was awesome. He had about 50-60 photos of the bus, the car, the debris on the road, even a satellite shot of the area. For Conor ... it was amazing and enlightening. The interior of the car was horrific. I know I have heard this before from various people who saw the car on TV --- but that someone survived (never mind survived intact) is an absolute miracle. I have asked the cop for copies of the photos ... as learning tools for a 16 year old ... and he promised to get me some prints.

The cop had a great sense of humour .... there was one photo of the speedometer ... frozen on 120 km/h. I tell you ... my heart stopped. He said that this photo was a great tool for establishing the speed at time of impact .... until he realized that he was able to increase the speed to 160 km/h by jiggling the speedometer (the needle had dislodged!). As it turns out ... the CDR (crash data recorder - contained in the airbag), recorded that Conor was wearing a seatbelt and was travelling at 27 mph (about 44 km/h). No criminal charges will be laid ... he will however be charged under the Traffic Act for (something like) failure to share the road (3 points and a $100 fine). What a great relief! The cop was very personable and stayed and chatted with us for about an hour ... nice guy!

Ciaran is out at the moment at an event at the Corel Centre ... yeah! yeah! I know. But I can't impose my anxiety ... on Ciaran! He is more than entitled to be a teenager! Thank God for sleeping pills!

Big day tomorrow (understatement of the decade!) ... and before I sign off ... Steve Bolger ... your kindness knows no bounds! Your blood is worth bottling!