Slammin' Sunday

Ok, I'm still a bit rattled. Sunday is supposed to be a nice calming day. I slept in and had a lazy morning. My plan for today was to make 4 different kinds of cookies for tomorrow night's present wrapping party.

I thought I had all the ingredients but saw I needed more butter (sounds like a Paula Deen quote!) and frozen raspberries. So I made a quick list and headed off to Wally World.

I get in the parking lot and am on the main stretch when I see a white car NOT slowing down on one of the side rows. I honk my horn but alas it is for nothing as she slams into my car. And I mean slam. Like T-boned.

I'm shaking and my heart is pounding. But somehow, out of instinct, I wrote down her license plate. Yeah usually not the first thing you think of, but I am thinking it has to do with my dad's line of work as a cop lol.

And the first thing I ask her is if she had insurance. She said yes and asked if I was ok. And then I called the parents as she wrote down her info. Overhearing, she offered to stay as they came to check on me.Waiting in the car, I posted on FB. A minute later, a dear friend texted me asking if she could do anything for me. And I had an outpouring from friends. Gotta say I have good ones!

So tomorrow I take in my car to get it checked out. Gotta say it's not how I exactly planned the start to my Christmas vacation! But I'm alright, just a sore shoulder from tensing up and shaken nerves. And a hurt car.



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  1. Ms. T:
    That sounds SO scary!
    I am so glad you are alright!!!

    Kim
    Finding JOY in 6th Grade

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  2. Your vacation can only get better...

    I ran into someone about 4 months ago. Lucky for me the air bag didn't go off. I was sore from the seat belt for quite awhile. I did go to the ER and the nurses asked if my chest felt like a heart attack...I told them I didn't know since I'd never had one before--ha I can laugh now.

    Merry Christmas
    Pat

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  3. Aww yeah it's scary Kim!

    I'm sure I'll laugh about it soon!

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  4. I take pride in the fact that I have never had an accident- with a moving car.
    I have hit my own mailbox, my mother's mailbox, I cracked the culvert at her house as well, I made new orange "pin stripes" on my first car with the concrete pillars at the drive thru of the bank (that was a horrible sound), and two years ago, I backed into the car (that was parked across the street at the end of my driveway, kind of their fault)....it was the only day in 6 years I was late for work!
    It was a Prius that I hit, I thought it was a trash can when I heard the sound!
    I am a GOOD driver though- keep in mind these bumps and nudges have happened over 20 years of driving!
    Glad you are ok! Hope the shoulder eases up soon!
    Going Nutty!

    Staci

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  5. Lol thanks for the laugh Staci :)

    This is the second time I've been hit. The first time, the guy behind me slammed into me (different car) and he stopped to see if I was ok and then left. Can we say hit and run? Well even then I was being smart and got his license plate.

    I had to deal with the cops and all that. No fun!

    So if it is one thing I've learned, get their license plate number!!!

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  6. Glad you are alright.

    Okay, here is your "funny" http://www.teachingwithtlc.com/2011/12/three-wise-teachers.html

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