IT IS ABSOLUTELY DUMB FOUNDING HOW A NORMAL DAY, FILLED WITH LOADS OF LAUNDRY, FRESHLY PAINTED NAILS, AND CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR BETA FISH CAN SUDDENLY END WITH A CRAZY ACCIDENT AND LACK OF A CAR. I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AROUND 3:30, ALLOWING DAMIEN RICE TO SING ALONG WITH ME IN THE CAR TO SONGS HE WROTE. MAYBE THREE STREETS PAST MY OWN I BRIEFLY CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF A SILVER CAR FROM MY LEFT TURNING STRAIGHT INTO MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR. MY CAR SPUN, HIT A STREET SIGN, HIT A WOODEN FENCE, EPICLY DESTROYED THUS WOODEN FENCE, AND LURCHED FORWARD A GOOD 80FT. THE IMPACT OF THE SILVER CAR IN MY DOOR HAS PRODUCED A CUT AND A FEW BRUISES ON MY LEFT ARM. IT'S PRETTY SORE, ESPECIALLY MY ELBOW AND WRIST, BUT PRAISE GOD THAT WAS THE ONLY INJURY OBTAINED, SEEING AS I DON'T HAVE MEDICAL INSURANCE. APPARENTLY WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS THE SILVER CAR WAS WAITING TO TURN LEFT INTO HER NEIGHBORHOOD, SHE SAW A GIANT SILVER TRUCK SPEEDING UP BEHIND HER, NOT PAYING ATTENTION. SHE SAW MY CAR CASUALLY DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE. SHE INCHED FORWARD HOPING SHE COULD QUICKLY TURN WHEN I HAD PASSED, TO AVOID THE TRUCK. BUT WITH THE RAIN AGAINST ALL OF US, THE TRUCK RAN INTO HER FULL SPEED, AND WITH HER CAR ALREADY POKING OUT READY TO CUT PAST ME, I GOT A GIANT BLOW TO MY SIDE. WE ALL MADE IT WITHOUT ANY SERIOUS INJURIES. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK APOLOGIZED ONCE, YET STILL COMPLAINED TO THE POLICE OFFICER ABOUT GETTING A TICKET. AHA. WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE ME? WELL. FORTUNATELY I DO HAVE INSURANCE ON MY CAR. UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT FULL COVERAGE. FORTUNATELY THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK DOES HAVE INSURANCE. UNFORTUNATELY THE DRIVER OF THE SILVER CAR DOES NOT. MY 2000 BLACK BEAUTY, WITH 230,000 MILES ON IT, IS ONLY WORTH $500. HOPEFULLY I WILL BE GETTING THAT AMOUNT FROM THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK, AND I CAN PUT IT TOWARDS A NEW AUTOMOBILE. BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST I AM PRAYING THAT MY DADDY UP IN HEAVEN WANTS TO JUST POUR OUT SOME LOVE ON HIS DAUGHTER AND BLESS ME WITH A CAR. MY MOM IS OUT OF TOWN UNTIL MONDAY, I AM ACTUALLY DRIVING HER TO THE AIRPORT, IN HER CAR, BRIGHT AND EARLY AT 6:30 AM. SHE IS ALLOWING ME TO USE HER CAR WHILE SHE IS AWAY, BUT COME MONDAY MORNING THAT'S WHERE THINGS START TO GET STICKY. I AM TRULY ATTEMPTING TO STAY POSITIVE RIGHT NOW, BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT'S NOT THE EASIEST TASK IN THE WORLD. MY BODY AND MIND REFUSE TO LET ME REST. ADRENALINE IS RELENTLESSLY COURSING THROUGH MY VEINS. EVERYONE WHO HAS CALLED, TEXT, WROTE ON MY FACEBOOK/TWITTER, AND SENT UP PRAYERS FOR ME, THANK YOU TO THE UTMOST! I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH GENEROUS, CARING PEOPLE IN MY LIFE. IF I DIDN'T RESPOND, KNOW THAT I AM APPRECIATIVE! JUST A LITTLE OVERWHELMED. TOMORROW I AM HEADED TO THE LOT WHERE THEY TOWED MY CAR. I HAVE TO EMPTY OUT MY BABY ONE LAST TIME. ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME WELL KNOWS THAT MY TRUNK IS 100% FILLED TO CAPACITY WITH POTS AND PANS, A TENT, BOWLING BALLS, A SLEEPING BAG, SOME SILVERWARE, AND OH SO MUCH MORE. IT'S GONNA BE AN ADVENTURE SORTING THROUGH IT ALL. LATER IN THE AFTERNOON MY DAD IS COMING OVER TO HELP ME CHECK OFF THE LIST OF PHONE CALLS TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK, ETC. THEN I AM SCHEDULED TO WORK AT 5PM. ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, PRAYER WARRIORS, PLEASE SPEAK WORDS OF REST (MENTAL AND PHYSICAL), HEALING, AND PROVISION OVER MY LIFE. I CAN DO NOTHING BUT FULLY RELY ON GOD (SMILES). NOW, TIME TO HUNT DOWN ONE OF THE THREE CATS ROAMING AROUND MY MOTHER'S HOUSE. I NEED ME SOME PURRS.
