the past month, the good, the bad, and...the ugly.

What a month...
I just noticed the date of my last post, September 27th. That seems like an eternity ago. So much as happened...

I quit my job at Gossett & Gossett. With the recent move to Ft. Lauderdale, the trip to Hollywood everyday was getting old. I wanted to be back in the hood.
My last day with Gossett & Gossett was October 18th, 4 days after our adorable little neice came into the world!
Avery Claire Grulich

Teddy and I took off to Tallahassee to meet little Avery that week.
After spending a night in Tallahassee we were back on the road the next morning, destination: Jackson, Miss.

Kevin and Julia finally got married ;) October 21, 2006.

Kevin and Julia

It was an absolutely beautiful wedding. The entire weekend was just perfect. Julia looked amazing and the reception was a home that looked like it was right out of the pages of a Southern Living magazine. With the southern Mississippi charm and all!

After returning home from Tallahassee/Mississippi, I started my new job with Johnson, Leiter & Belsky! And its awesome! I couldn't ask for a greater boss, or people that I work with! And its exactly a mile from the house, I could even take the scooter....yea right...that leads me to....the ugly...

This past Wednesday night, after picking some things up at the Target in Hollywood, I was heading home. Thats north on I-95 towards downtown Ft. Lauderdale. As I was coming up on the airport/entrance ramp on to 595, I was all the way in the left lane (HOV). I noticed a white car that was all the way in the right lane, exiting onto the 595 overpass. All of a sudden I guess he/she changed their minds and decided to stay on I-95, as they swerved back onto 95 they lost control of the car. Going at a 90 degree angle across 95 straight towards the median wall, right in front of me. At this point I slammed on my breaks realizing Im going to t-bone this person in a little white car, myself in an SUV, going about 70 on the highway. I swerved to the right to miss them, clipping the back end of their car. I then swerved back to the left and at that moment lost complete control of the car. I slammed into the wall on the drivers side and then flipped three times to the right (passenger side) clear across 95. It was only by the grace of God that no one else hit me as I was rolling across 95. Its also only by the grace of God that I am okay. At the time, I knew exactly what was happening, I was conscious the entire time. Now, thats been my biggest issue. Remembering the whole thing. It was definitely th scariest thing Ive ever been through. Im doing much better now. The day after the accident we took some pictures of the car at the junk yard before they totaled it.....

Top three questions re: the accident:

1. What is the brown/red stuff all over your chair? No, its not blood. Like I said, I had just come from Target. I had some box's of brownie mix in the car that exploded like bombs when the car rolled. I was absolutely covered in brownie mix. Could have been worse...like a can of soup flying into my head or something.

2. Did you have your seat belt on? Yes...thats why I was still in the car, unlike my stuff that was scatterd all over 95.

3. What happened to the person in the white car? They fled the scene. It was a hit and run.

And finally...the newest Cook. We had hm on hold two days before the accident and Teddy picked him up the day after. We thought the name "brownie" was perfect....

With LOVE and thanksgiving,

Teresa and Teddy Cook (and "brownie")