Anyone who has lived for even a short time must agree with Robert Burns that
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley, [often go awry].
And so it was that I drove to Ogden on Friday to pick up a couple of works of art that had not sold at a gallery auction. I loaded them into the car, drove away, knowing that my day was already a success. Two blocks later, I ran a stop sign. An innocent woman, driving a new Kia, blew into the left front of my car. Police assured me that it "could have been worse," that no one was hurt. I knew that, but I also knew my day was going to be different than I had thought.
When I finally got home with a rental car, I took a Lorazapam to calm my shot nerves and a couple of Hydrocortisone to boost my adrenaline.
And "So it goes," says Billy Joel in Slaughterhouse Five. Once again I am grateful for boring, uneventful days, when nothing, absolutely nothing happens.
Glad you were ok!
ReplyDeleteYikes, I think I could hear the sound of the metal crumpling as I was reading about it - envisioning a kind of slow motion movie. Glad everyone was fine.
ReplyDeleteLove the cartoon - we are planning an Stake 11 yr. old scout bike hike up to some ice caves and the cartoon illustrates exactly how I'm envisioning it will be for me, since I haven't been on a bike and ridden any great distance for some years now. (except on my stationary bike and I'm pretty sure that is nothing like the 6 km on a gravel road we will be taking) Love your blog and the fact you know the words to "I'm a loser baby, why don't you kill me." Put a smile on my face.
My Fourth of July celebration last year:
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Station wagon totaled. No, I did not sue the kid. Many folks disagreed with my decision. ($,$$$,$$$) Always the Pollyanna, I hope that he will learn form his mistake. Maybe, maybe not. But knowing, personally, idiot youth who have wrecked their lives, I opted to "throw this minnow back" as it were. Here's hoping that minnow matures and is a vibrant member of our society.
One month. Hmmm....
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