Flashback...

This past week has been kind of like a flashback to the 90s for me... In some ways it's been fun, in other, it's been a not so fun reminder. I have been listening to 90s on 9 while in my car. Every so often, a song comes on I haven't heard since, well the 90s. I have a memory suddenly pop up of one of the places I was while listening to that particular song. It's like a nostalgic trip down memory lane. Most of the memories make me laugh. On to my not so great reminders... I grew up in Eaton, CO, I attended school there form kindergarten to mu junior year in high school. The summer of my senior year we moved to Imperial. Not to make excuses for myself, but... I was a teenager, and moved my senior year. I was not happy about this move, and I basically let everyone know it. I went through my most rebellious stage while living there. The year before had been a very rough year. One of my classmates and longtime friends had committed suicide. That was just one of the many downers that year. But I digress... As I said, I was rebellious, I will admit, I started going to parties and I had fun. One night ended in a bad way. I really should not have survived the night. I had been to a party with friends. I was in the backseat of a car going home and fell asleep. We think the person driving the car did as well. There were three of us in the car, two in back and the one driving and no one had their seatbelt on. I came to after the wreck and had to figure out what had just happened. There was a weird tingling sound in my head, I hurt, and I could hear the other two passengers repeating, "Are you ok?" The car had either rolled twice and flipped once or vice versa, no one is really sure what happened. All three of us walked away from then accident, all three remained in the car. That in itself is a miracle. One of the passengers ran five miles to a phone, and called for a ride to pick us up. The other passenger and I started walking in that direction. We were up and walking, but in pain. The person I was walking with kept telling me he could taste blood. I just told him to keep walking. I made it home in the wee hours of the morning and boy was I in trouble. I deserved it. There was a mark on the front of my neck and it hurt to talk. That's because I had bent the headrest in a U shape around my neck. Later that morning, I went to life my left arm and the pain sent me to the floor. I never went to the doctor. I had been somewhere I shouldn't have been. I just wanted to be home and lay low. My parents did take me to the scene of the accident to speak with the officer that was investigating it. He told us he had been looking for bodies. At the time I thought I was invincible, I never thought about the consequences of my actions. I was stupid and so very lucky! This past Monday morning I woke up with a very stiff neck. This, along with headaches, happens often. It's a side effect from the accident. Once in a while, such as this past week, I get a true reminder. The pain went from the back of my heart the left side of my neck. It continued down my back, along my shoulder blade. It also went across my shoulder and down to my elbow. It hurt like it did after the accident. I went to the chiropractor twice. That helped, but a week later I'm still feeling it. I will for the rest of my life. I am not invincible.