Thankfully, nobody was injured-

That's the good news, there were no injuries last night. The bad news is I passed out at the wheel from a coughing fit and ran into a parked car. I just about had this lousy cough kicked and it wasn't a factor in my health until yesterday afternoon when it flared up again and this time with ugly results.

I had been in class until 6, then met 3 more classmates at 6:30 at Starbucks to go over some work and at 7:30 I went home to get the BSU and take her to supper. As we turned the corner from Harrison Avenue onto 12th Street, I started coughing and the last thing I really remember was telling her that my cough had returned. And it really did return! I blacked out and the truck drifted right, into the parking lane before Spouse realized something was wrong and started hollering. She shouted stop, repeatedly and I had just enough function to stand on the brake pedal. I may have been standing on the throttle pedal too, I'm not certain. Anyway, before getting stopped, a 1996 Dodge Stratus volunteered itself as a chock and the truck came to rest about 1 foot into the Stratus' trunk.

It was about then that I realized something was wrong...

So, one of the residents of the house we stopped in front of called his roomate, and he informed his girlfriend of the damage to her car. They had to leave a Raptors game to come to the accident scene. Then I got to meet the girl's dad because the car really belonged to him. Then we all got to meet to of Ogden's finest traffic officers and forms were filled out and exchanged and signed.

I got a ticket for an improper lane change.

The truck's bumper is caved in pretty good and the grill is busted up. I already had the bumper removed because the corner was rubbing against my new tire when it was turned. The front fender has a small dent from the bumper moving into it. Everything else looks ok. The poor little Stratus didn't make out so well... Its trunk lid was folded in half, the tailights were scattered in the street and the rear portion of the body structure, inside the bumper was moved forward a foot or more. The rear bumper and cover were obviously ruined as well.

Hoover Dam!

On top of everything else, my laptop's DVD/CD drive tray went Tango Uniform on me last night after we finally got home. The door won't stay closed! I suppose that means another trip to CompUSA this afternoon, after I see the Doc at noon about some treatment for this cough!