going the wrong way on the freeway

So, today we were going to spend the day up at MaeLyn's house. We were nearly there when the car in front of us suddenly slowed down, and so Dean had to slam on his brakes. The car fishtailed and then spun out. We ended up facing south on the northbound freeway, inches away from the median barrier. We weren't hurt, the car wasn't hurt, no one else was hurt. It was just terrifying. We had to wait for a bit while we waited for someone to come to stop traffic for us so we could turn back around safely. After about ten minutes a firetruck showed up, the people got out of it to make sure everything was okay, then they stopped the traffic and we carried on merrily on our way. I was torn between wanting to laugh and wanting to cry. I was quite shaken up for a while even after we got to MaeLyn's house. I'm just grateful that nothing more serious happened. That really could have been disastrous.

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