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I got into my first accident tonight.

On the way to a thanksgiving party… The light went yellow, I was going too fast to stop, but I guess I should have tried ’cause there was a big ol’ metro bus completely blocking my vision on the right and that’s where the silver Accord came from.

I swerved, saw the brie, bread and wine go flying out of my grocery bag, had time to think, ‘OK, so I’m definately gonna hit them, but it’s not going to be too bad’, and then, WHAM!and I was pulling over at the bustop, then a little further to leave room for them and the bus. I hopped out and found my legs were shaking as I went to see if the girls were alright.

Thankfully, everyone was fine, though Dakini lost an eyeball and their pretty Accord got an ugly whallop in the back side.

Whew.

So much for my pristine record! The girls both said I ran a red light.

Oh, and it wasn’t until I leaned in to get my registration and insurance that I noticed my tea had also gone flying-swoosh! Spilled all over the place.

Sigh.

It didn’t take the cops too long to arrive and congenially provide us with handy little forms to fill out and exchange. So my day wasn’t ruined, the wine bottle didn’t break, and I made it to Kitty’s right on time and much in need of the hot glass of mulled wine, abundant hugs and sympathetic crash stories that met me at the door.

Hurray for friends! It was a sweet night, despite the fright.

Kitty sure knows how to roast a bird. and there were so many pies we coulda opened a bakery. Mmmmmm…

Now, I go to bed.

Man, it’s been a hellacious week.

I’ve been running my mom from hospital to hospital all week, trying to get an appointment with an orthopaedist. The ones NW hospital told her to go to wouldn’t take medicaid, Harborview wouldn’t make an appointment for us because she’d been seen at NW… Finally we took her to the UW emergency and they got us an appointment for the next day-at Harborview!

Sheesh.

Finally, mom has a pretty blue cast on her wrist and it looks like she won’t need surgery.

Thank goodness.

I’m such a friggin’ stressball-I just found out the bank racked up FIVE overdraft charges while I wasn’t looking!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh.

Five times twenty-seven is more money than I even want to add up.

I ’bout EXPLODED all over Wedgewood this afternoon when I got back from the 3rd hospital trip in the last few days and checked my red, red, red account balance.

It ain’t purty when angryZans blow up.

The laundry sink got constipated today-I heard Sam yell: ‘Aaaaaaaaah, WATER!’

And it was already all over the place, soaking the rug and running under cabinets…

Sheesh, what a mess! So I spent the better part of the afternoon with towels and sponges cleaning it up. Lucky for me, Sam took a look at the process and innocently asked: ‘Is that fun?’ Which instantly blinked on that slightly devious little lightbulb in my mamamind… I felt a bit like Tom Sawyer when I replied enthusiastically.

Soon, I was happily checking my email as the bucket filled with dirty water.

I wasn’t enjoying the process nearly as much as he did, so I think he was the better ‘man’ for the job anyway.

My mom broke her wrist today!

I freaked when I got home and saw the note from my roomie-a very brief undescriptive note that I swear said ‘wrists’! I was immediately picturing car accident…

But she fell, carrying a big box of her art, delivering it to a show. Fell on her right wrist and broke both bones, poor sweet.

A kind homeless man helped her up, offered her his own medicine(he was walking with a cane himself) and got her inside. A friend took her to the hospital. She didn’t want to ‘worry’ my sis and I until she was out and home again!

Oh Momma!

If you’re hurt, if you’re broken, if you need help, I want to know! Immediately!

Fer god’s sake woman, we’re family!

I love you, love you, love you.