So, the world didn't end last weekend. Although, for four of us in a car at the Canada-U.S. border late Saturday night, it came uncomfortably close...
We had been driving for about two hours and it was past midnight. The girls in the back had fallen asleep, but even for the two of us in the front who were paying attention, the thick fog descended incredibly quickly - the phrase "enveloped us" seems like lazy writing but it's a pretty accurate description - until we couldn't see two feet in front of the car.
[It helps the story to note that we had just been joking about the 'Rapture' adamantly prophesied for that day (oh, or December 31st, those in the know weren't 100% sure about the calculations), which led to an interesting chat about what we would regret not having done if the world was indeed ending prematurely. But I digress...]
So we're crawling along in this impenetrable mist and then there's a light. It's above us, and a little ahead down the road, but it is undeniably getting brighter and is floating much too high to be a car or truck on the road. Plus, now it's very, very bright, and possibly moving slowly towards us.
The girls in the back seat open their eyes to see nothing but thick judgement day-like fog and the glowing light and are, just for a second, not so sure the religious crazies are so crazy. It's that or a UFO. We're four well-balanced, intelligent ladies but there's the slightest air of nervousness in the vehicle...
Anyway, given that we lived to tell the tale, you won't be surprised to hear that when the blinding light was almost upon us (did someone quietly say a prayer?!) we were finally able to see the huge pole supporting it, and realised that the floodlight was attached to the border control station which loomed out of nowhere.
So we survived the rapture and continued on into Vermont, to enjoy a long weekend of sun, steak and smores - free of Armageddon or a Second Coming. Apparently, we now have to wait until October for that one.
I'll bring the marshmallows.
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