Meet Nic!

I am glad today was one of those days, when the boys wore all their woollies. Jackets, boots, hats, gloves, everything. I am glad today was one of those days when I wasn't still in my PJ's, thanks to my early morning stint at the gym. I am glad today was one of those days when my cell was fully charged. I am glad for all these things, because we got into an accident this morning. Right after we dropped R to the station and were heading back home, just at that point when we were making a slight right turn at a curve, we went over an invisible patch of ice and rammed hard into the car ahead of us. Because he too had skidded in the same way and gone over a median. If he hadn't been there, it would have been just a simple skid matter, with minimal damage to Buddy, but since he was there right ahead of me, with a nice little bumper sticker that read 'Change the way you see....not the way you look!', we had to rear end into him, and Buddy had to lose his bumper, hood and God knows what else inside.

But thank God for the fact that we were going slow....25 mph, and that we weren't going fast enough to get hurt, and that the guy we rammed into totally understood where I was coming from when I told him about the ice, and that there was a police car just at the corner, who was at the said position after having tended to 2 other accidents at the very same point, and he could get to us in under 2 min, with neither of us making a call on the phone. A bit of a bummer that I still got a citation and a ticket, from hitting him from the back. Too bad that Winkie needed to pee so badly, he was miserable for the entire 2 hours that we spent there. But thank God it wasn't snowing, and it wasn't windy or bitterly cold, but just the regular cold which you could get comfy with, with a pair of gloves and a hat. 

Thank God for the nice officer who stayed with us till the end, lending us the backseat of his car for the boys to stay warm in, entertaining them with conversation and questions, leaving me relaxed to make my calls, get things done. And one of the nicest things when you call the insurance company, is that they are not all business. They care enough to take the time to ask you....I'm so sorry about the accident. Are you okay? Was anybody hurt? Thank the Lord for that sweet tow truck guy, who gave me all the time I needed to clear stuff out of Buddy, before I handed him the keys to take him away. Thank goodness for the nice guy at the car rental, who told me on the phone....just get here Ma'am, and we'll take care of everything for you! What a nice thing that is to hear in an emergency! Thank goodness for R, who stayed calm and focused on the matter at hand, guiding me quietly through what I had to do next. Thank goodness for my own presence of mind, that pieced all the jumbled parts together, making a logical flow of it for staying on top of the situation. Thank goodness for that nice cheery wave, the driver of the car in front of me gave as he drove away. We parted on such nice terms. Of course, it may have been from the fact that it was not him getting the ticket, but why nitpick? :)

And thank goodness for this cute new little car that we have brought home. He's a Nissan Cube, the only other mid-size car there, covered entirely by the insurance, and whom we've aptly and promptly christened. Meet Nic everyone. We don't know how long he's staying, but you can be sure, I'll treat him real nice! :)