Surprise in the Rearview Mirror

So this morning the girls and I were heading out to go to Pam's for coffee. As we were in the garage and loading into the van I noticed a cat running along the roof of the van. So I get in and start it up, back out of the garage, and before taking off I stop to fiddle around with the iPod before getting onto the road. I figure the cat is long gone so we take off. As we take off onto the highway and I get up some speed I notice in the rearview mirror a cat fall down off the back of the van and onto the road. Well, holy shit! I watch as it does a couple flips and then she just sat there. I slammed on the brakes and whipped a shitty in the middle of the road and headed back to her as fast as I could and noticed some trucks coming. Thank god she ran off the road and went into the ditch. I pulled up to her and noticed it was Tigger, one of my favorite cats on the farm. I got out and grabbed her and took her back to the yard a 1/2 mile away. She was all wet and dirty from the road, I couldn't tell where or if she was hurt. I get her home and into the garage to lay her down on some coveralls and notice her favoring one of her back legs. So I left her alone and headed back out to our coffee date. We checked on her when we got back home and it turns out she is fine. Yay!
What a morning!