Morning wake-up

[todayiamadaisy]

Driving to work this morning: just out of the 40 km/h school zone but not yet up to full speed in the 60 km/h zone, I saw a golden retriever running towards me on the side of the road, trailing a leash. It had obviously got away and was so happy about it. I slowed down because I didn't trust it not to run in front of me, and just as well because that's exactly what it did. Then there was a shriek and a little boy, not even school age, ran onto the road too, and luckily I was going slowly enough to stop with metres to spare and let him grab his dog. Then there was another shriek and the mother came running over the hill and saw them both on the road and me sitting, waiting for them to move. She mouthed 'thank you' at me and I gave a little wave and the last thing I saw as I drove off was her shocked face as she dragged boy and dog back onto the pavement, her morning walk to the milkbar suddenly much more exciting than she'd anticipated.

I've spent the morning thinking about the 'ifs': if I hadn't been going slowly in the first place, if I hadn't seen the dog first... Today is just an ordinary old day, but it could have been so much different.

I was up too late last night playing Plants vs Zombies and now I'm tired. I blame k425 for this.