Crash

Ok, so just as I thought life was turning in a fairly positive direction.....once again Karma reminded me to mind my thoughts better!! This past weekend was a crazy explosion of activity that about wore me to the bone. There was tennis, more tennis, church, more church and a birthday party (not ours).

Friday night was nice because they had a mixer at the club for kids of all ages from 6p-9p so DH and I actually went on a double date w/ T&M at the main club. We had a nice peaceful child-free dinner and conversation.

Saturday was just running errands and dealing with a very cranky 3 yr old and his 12 yr old sister because DH played in two separate tennis mixers - one in the afternoon and one in the evening. We were supposed to go to dinner after the 2nd one with all the tennis players but our son was not in the mood for public - so we decided it best to head home and hide him away fast!! Actually he just needed some sleep as his five minute nap before church was just not enough apparently.

Sunday was the day from hell! DH was playing in a charity/work related golf tournament in Garland so it was me and my darling children again all day. A had team tennis at 1pm. We show up for warmups a little later than usual to discover they were not playing in TC but in NRH which is a good 20 minute drive. A was in tears that she was going to be late and E decided to cry about everything - wrong food, tennis, air, toys - you name it, it upset him. We rush to NRH tennis center and arrive 10 minutes after the matches have started. A usually plays singles but they had to put another girl in her place or forfeit since we were late. She did get to play a great doubles match (we won) before we ran back to the car to rush back to TC so she could change before her BFF's bday party at the park. We knew we were going to be late and I'd convinced her that it would be okay. She was calm. E was calm. I was still a little frazzled and then BAM!!!! I see the big blue pickup truck just sitting in the middle of the road. I see that he is not moving but for some reason it just doesn't register quickly enough from head to right foot. I cannot turn to the left to miss him as I cannot see traffic coming from that direction. I cannot turn too far to the right as there is no shoulder - just a ditch. So I turn as much as the road allows and catch the back corner of the truck to the front corner of my car. Crunch!!! It's amazing how that slow motion camera starts working in your head at moments like this. It really happened so slowly that I still cannot figure out how I didn't stop in time. I was not on the phone, playing w/ the radio or talking to my kids. I was really just driving. It's still very bizarre. $3300 damage to my car, $2500 to his. I'm sure my insurance company is loving me right now. Oh well, this is what insurance is for - right?? That really doesn't make me feel much better about the whole thing but it's the best I've got for now. Since my car is worth $5K max, I was hoping it could be totalled but no such luck. It's in the shop now and I'm driving DH's LSUmobile. He's driving the Nissan Sentra rental that looks like a tiny clown car in my opinion. He asked this morning if I wanted to drive it and I politely declined. Looks dangerous to me. I like driving the big sturdy LSUmobile just fine. I'm not sure I want an SUV as my next vehicle but I definitely want something stocky and sturdy!! My Grand Prix crunched like a tin can on Sunday and I don't want that to happen again. I want a fighting chance. Maybe I'll find an old Chevy Impala - those things are like tanks and I survived more than one scary moment in my friend S's Impala in high school. One thing is for sure - I'm not buying a clown car!!