A real Manic Monday

What started off as a great Monday ended horribly, horribly wrong. I had a fantastic day at work, not too busy and not too slow...just right. I even got in some quality studying time for Psychology (I had a test coming up). My usual routine is to change into my workout clothes before leaving the office. Joel (my carpool buddy) and I head home for the day and I begin contemplating 'Do I want to go workout or do I want to just go straight home and take my test early for school?". I decided I'd be a good student and go home and take my test and save the gym for later.

Ok, so fast forward about 40 minutes to when I am about 1/4 of a mile from the house. I have just turned off Hwy. 380 and I'm headed south on FM 720. I put my blinker on early (as I always do bc people fly down this one lane road) and I begin to turn into our drive way. There was a little blue Pizza Hut delivery car behind me and a white Explorer behind that. Well, apparently the Explorer was not paying attention and when trying to avoid hitting Mr. Pizza Hut he decided he would veer off the road and into the grass/ditch. This caused the Explorer to hit me exactly as I was turning in the driveway. He hit the right-front corner of my car and the front bumper goes flying about 15 feet on the other side of me and the Explorer goes all the way through our brick pillar that holds a gate and a metal fence. WOW. I was in complete shock. scared. shaken up. I called Travis and told him that I got in a wreck in our front yard and to come up.

The Good Part:
 1. Noboday was hurt. not a single one of us or any of our horses. I know it sounds petty to mention the horses, but they are expensive and worth more than my car. HA!
 2. The other driver had insurance and everything will be covered...even paying to fix our broken fence
 3. Had my car been a few inches further into our drive way my car would have been damaged far worse than what it was and I probably would have been hurt.
4. My sweet and wonderful husband was there to take care of EVERYTHING. He is my rock and so incredible. I love him
5. My precious husband wrote his own estimate on the cost to fix our fence. awesome. I love him even more for this....

The Bad Part:
1. My car, Barney, is my pal. I've had him for 5 years and we have logged over 136,000 miles together. We spend 2 hours together every day. He lost his face last night and is in need of a face lift. Unfortunately, he's not worth much and I really don't want him to be totaled. Our goal was to drive him until he dies...he's not dead, just injured.

My precious Barney and his front bumper

2. The other driver is going to be grounded for a very long time. His daddy was NOT very happy when he came to the scene. I hope he's ok. :)

His Car and the old fence, gate, and brick pillar

So, that was my the end to my nice Monday. It took over 2 hours for the State Trooper (who was awesome) and the tow truck guys to get everything squared away. So, I didn't get inside until 9 to take my test, but I passed and got a decent grade! At least next time when I'm wondering what to do, the decision to workout will win that race. Hands down!