Did That Wall Just Hit My Car?

I had a bad day. It started first thing. I misjudged while backing my car into a parking spot at work. Actually, to be more accurate,

I slammed my husband’s brand-new electric vehicle into a wall.

The day kinda went downhill from there.

This is what I saw when I first inspected the car from a standing position.

This is what I saw when I first inspected the car from a standing position.

This is what I saw when I knelt closer to investigate further.

This is what I saw when I knelt closer to investigate further.

This is what I saw after I fainted.

This is what I saw when I fainted.

I showed the girls the damage when I picked them up from school.

Mgazi: Ooooh. Daddy is going to be mad.

Me: No, I think it’s okay. I told him this morning. He’s not too mad.

Mgazi: No, he’s lying to you. He’s going to be mad.

Zaffron: I don’t think it’s so bad.

Me: Really?

Mgazi: No, she’s lying to you. It’s bad.

Zaffron suggested I scrape the other side of the car to match… she said that people would then think it was decoration.


Glass of white wineRecommended wine: On days like today, I recommend you reach for whatever’s in the fridge. What’s in my fridge tonight? A California chardonnay called Three Wishes.



 

10 insightful thoughts by 10 brilliant people

  1. Once upon a time, there was an Erma Bombeck, a great wit & extraordinary humorist. She has not been replaced. Her space is still there and it’s yours and your girls’ !

  2. Wow! I bought you that wine from whole foods to make your week easier…. Didn’t know it would be because you wrecked my car :(

  3. Wow. I would be mad. But probably the kind of mad that surfaces as silent fuming. Hope you did not scrape your self when fainting! (which of course would put it in perspective, but…)

  4. Mgazi is headed for success in sitcoms. I’m sure of it. Good luck with the car. You know, I’m convinced that cars were made to be smashed. I can’t see how you can avoid that throughout the lifetime of a car. They move. Sometimes they move into things that aren’t moving (or are) and get smashed. Pretty understandable to me.

    • Hey Maile! Did I fall dramatically to the pavement? No. But there was a momentary loss of consciousness or maybe avoidance of it when the reality of what I had done (and to which car) sunk in!

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