howie’s halfpipe

Yesterday after spending a relaxing morning at home I had to walk to hannah’s school tp pick her up and hang out with her for the afternoon.

I had my ipod in and pedomoter ticking over. I was walking along the pacific highway in front of Barker and I heard and then saw a fire engine with its sirens going travelling on the other side of the road. I kept walking but then the siren began to get louder and louder again. Until it sounded like it was inside my head. I turned around and almost had a heart attack, stroke and something else that would involve me to need new underpants.

After i saw the fire engine the first time it had done a u-turn over to head back in the direction i was walking. But being a big truck it must have taken the turn quite wide. As i turned around the truck was only centermetres away from hitting me as it mounted the footpath.