Car trouble

My day off was marred by only one thing. Unfortunately it's the thing that has me awake when I should be sound asleep.

I got a lot of cleaning done yesterday. All the floors are done: carpet, laminate, hardwood and tile. I really, really dislike doing floors. It's hard on my right shoulder too. I love looking at done floors, though. I cleaned the kitchen, took the leaf out of the dining room table, finally, and cleaned the bathrooms. What a good feeling to have a clean house. Sure do wish I could hire someone to do the job, but probably wouldn't if I could. I'm just too frugal.

I left the house in the afternoon to make a quick trip to Columbia Mall before meeting six of my co-workers for a movie (He's Just Not That Into You). You know how sometimes you'll be at a traffic light and the light turns green for a left turn and you start to go even though you're going straight, then realize your light isn't green yet and stop? Well, I guess (know) I was distracted, wondering just which movie theater we were meeting at, and I went. Right into the stopped truck in front of me. A huge white SUV owned by a neighbor who lives around the corner from me. I immediately got out, to find that there was the slightest, barely visible damage to the back of her vehicle, to which I was very grateful. I hope they decide to do nothing about it, but we'll see. Then I looked at my car (Honda CRV). The black plastic bumper is cracked and broken in about 4 places. My hood is out of line. And it's all my stupid fault. I imagine I'll call the insurance company this morning. Everyone says your rates really go up, which makes me really hesitate. I had one very slight accident at least 6 years ago when my car slowly drifted into another at a traffic light, there was very slight damage to the other car, and that was forgiven. Oh well, in the scheme of things, it could have been much worse. Right? Right. Still, I'm sick about it.

I went on to the mall. Ran my errands. Went to the movies. I know it didn't get great reviews, but we all agreed we liked it. A definite chick flick. Five of us went out to dinner afterward. That was the best part--the conversations and camaraderie. Till it was time to go and I went outside to look at my car again.

So I've been up since 3:00 AM. I'm looking forward to the light of day. I'm sure it will put a better perspective on things. Till then, I'm turning off my light and at least resting my eyes. I'm not one to fall back asleep, unfortunately.