CRASH
We attended a Cinco de Mayo party on the 5th. We had a great time. The fair was simple Mexican - chips & salsa, margaritas and beer. We had tons of fun but I think I was the ONLY one at the party who did not drink. I hate tequila and am not fond of beer.
It was after midnight when I took the sitter home. It had been raining and there are no street lights by her house. Sitting at the top of her hilly driveway I looked both ways and backed out...right...into...a black truck. I swear it was invisible to me. It blended with the night, was DIRECTLY behind my car, and much lower than my SUV. To make matters worse, it had a car alarm so not only did I have to withstand the humiliation of having to tell the owner, but also the whole neighborhood that was awakened by the alarm.
Me to myself: STUPID, STUPID, STUPID! HOW DID I DO THAT?
I have never done anything like this before and I am still kicking myself about it. It wasn't that the damage was terrible, just the fact that I did it. Thankfully, I have a very calm and understanding husband who would rather make light of the situation than yell at me.
Why did this happen? Did I do something wrong? Here I was, the only non-drinker at the party and I'm the one who runs into a parked car! Is God punishing me? Do I need a lesson in humility? Why? Why? Why?
Today my husband came home because his license had expired and he wanted me to take him to get it renewed. I rarely back out of our driveway because I back out of the garage and then drive out forward. Today, however, I had just unloaded groceries in front of the kitchen door when he came home. We loaded up the boys and I backed out...right...into...my grandfather’s...car...that we were...borrowing!
This time it was BROAD DAYLIGHT! He parked directly behind me. When he got in the car I was just thinking, he needs a ride somewhere, there must not be a car here. STUPID, STUPID, STUPID!
Okay, so I've never, ever done this kind of thing and now I've done it TWICE IN ONE MONTH. What's wrong with me? I mean really, am I doing something wrong? If it's a lesson that needs to be learned, can't we find a less expensive and humiliating way to teach me?
Some days I feel like I get to look at the bigger picture and it helps me to understand why about a lot of things. Today I just wondered, what's the point of this?
posted by Amy Parris @ 9:15 PM
2 Comments:
Several years ago, ok 7 or 8 years ago, I worked for a company with a small parking lot. Most days, it was adequate for the employees, but on days when all the salesmen came in for a meeting, it was overcrowded. A woman came in late and parked along the curb behind me. There was enough room for me to get out, but I had to be careful. When I left the office, I saw her car, but then became so focused on avoiding the sports car parked next to me that I backed straight into her car and nailed both doors on the driver's side. She was so nice and shopped around for the best repair estimate, but it was still $1000!!!
And very often in my last house, I would come close to backing up into my husband's car parked behind me. I would just forget he was there.
It keeps us humble, Amy.
Amy,
God works in mysterious ways! I'm really sorry about it all though! Don't be too hard on your self! (It could have been worse!) :-)
Sorry!
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