I thought I posted this days ago... Oops!

I was involved in a wreck this past January. I don't know that I even mentioned it here, as I was so stressed over it that every time I talked about it I could feel my blood boiling. Long story short, I was hit by someone pulling out of a driveway, making a left hand turn, but I received a ticket at the time because the officer said that I was driving in the turning lane. [In my whining 3 year old voice, "I was not!"]. Well, Monday morning I get to go to court to dispute my ticket and try to get it taken off my driving record. If I can get it dismissed, my insurance company will subrogate against the other party involved for the damages.

I live in a big city that has lots of bad drivers and lots of criminals (the traffic court division is in the same building as the jail house). I have never, ever been to this building for anything. I am scared! I feel like I should be using my 3 year old voice because I feel the need to hide under my bed. Don't get me wrong - I am not weak or easily intimidated, but the stories that I have heard from people going to the courthouse are really horrible.

UPDATE 03/18/09: I really thought that I finished this post and, well, posted it. But, as I sit here I noticed that it never went anywhere. So to update you on things... I went to the courthouse on Monday. The court time on my ticket was 9:00 AM. I got there at 7:30! I am always early, people. Maybe not always this early, but I am always early. After paying the $10 to park across the street from the courthouse, the plan was to scope it out and see where I needed to be and go back and sit in the car for a while to prepare myself.

When I went through the metal detectors (2 in the same hallway), found my way upstairs to the court rooms (I almost went to the visiting section of the jail!), and then found Division 2 (Honorable Tarik Sugarmon), I found that people were already waiting to get in. WOW! I was not first for once! I wanted to get everything over as quickly as possible so I decided to stand in line rather than going to sit in the car.

I am so glad I did! As 9:00 got closer, the chatter got louder. Employees started showing up for work, lawyers started looking for their clients, people wandered around looking for the correct court room... I looked around and noticed that I was standing in a hallway with, literally, several hundred other people.

Finally, the clerk came around and handed me a piece of paper with my name, date of birth, and the charges against me and I marched into the court room to face the judge (which I was told by friends that I would not have to do...). He asked me questions about what happened and then quickly told me that he was going to dismiss my case. Yay!

The whole experience was intimidating, but quick. Once things started moving it probably only took about 10 minutes! Nobody set themselves on fire in my presence and I found the courage to talk to the judge in a grown up voice - not a shaky 3 year old.

To make a long story short, my insurance company is going to pay for my damages and the other party's insurance is going to pay for her damages. Some 50/50 law crap. I don't get my deductible back but I don't have to pay for her damages. Basically, my insurance will go up, just not as much as I had feared.

Yay justice.

Putt-Putt Wreckage

Yesterday was a long day, so this might be a long post... I got up and made it to work I worked hard all day and it was kind of a long day. Then, I had to rush to the post office after work and pick up a certified letter that I missed the delivery on. I am not sure how I missed to the postman & this delivery because I was at home when it was supposedly delivered! In any case, It took forever to get the dang letter! Well, maybe it didn't take forever, but because I was in a hurry it sure seemed like it did. After that, I had to rush home so that I could meet the guy who is laying my tile and pick out a grout color. I always thought he would just pick out a color and I wouldn't really have to think about it! I mean, I can't pick out cereal at the grocery store, much less pick out the best color for grout for tile floor in the kitchen!! Well, I rushed to the post office and home before 5:00 only to find that the guy didn't show up! It is fine that he didn't show up, but I was kind of in a worked up tizzy at this point just from having to rush in the first place. On top of that, I had someone on the phone that I had told that I was in a hurry and had things to do, however, that person didn't seem to care and just kept talking about stupid stuff. Finally, the phone just cut out! Honestly, AT&T for real just dropped my call! I did not call her back so she texts me a few minutes later and says that she didn't call me back because she knew I was busy! (Well, thanks for noticing!)
I was rushing around so that I could be at work at 6:00 so I took care of the dogs and because I knew I would get home late, I had to eat some dinner so that I didn't gorge on pizza and nachos later!
A couple from work are moving to Houston and I have to admit that I am jealous! I mean, I know that if my husband were to actually agree to moving again then I would regret it and hate the whole process, but right now I have the itch! I have really been wanting to move to Dallas lately for some reason. I think I just really need a change. Maybe doing something different will help. So, a bunch of us went to Putt-Putt after work, which is one of those mini golf places that has bumper boats and go-karts and such. We all had a blast on the go-karts and we fit 12 people in a photo booth! One of those where you climb in, close the curtain, make funny faces and it takes a picture. HAHAHA I think my boobs are flatter from everybody piling in on top of me! But, all in all it was fun. It was extremely muggy and hot out there though, and the smell was awful! For some reason it smelled like varying degrees of ass! Thankfully, we didn't actually play golf so we kept moving and didn't notice the smell for the most part! It sucks to day goodbye to people though. My husband worked with them longer than I have, but still, once you build a repor with someone it sucks to see them leave.
Now, I don't usually stay out late during the week because I am such a horrible morning person. I also don't want to deal with trying to stay awake the next day at work and trying to force myself to be in a good mood and all of that stuff. But, I was willing to sacrifice it last night because it was kind of a one time thing. So, it was after midnight as we were on our way home and to be honest I was exhausted! I know, that I am not really old enough to be exhausted from being out until midnight, but I am still trying to adjust to some things and, like I said, I don't do this during the week.
We were almost to our street when one of our friends calls. Who the frick is calling after midnight?? On a weekday, no less! Well, the friend and his dad were in a wreck and they needed our help. It was not a terribly bad wreck but it still jolts you to be in a wreck. Everybody was OK, thankfully, but their new insurance card was at their house and not in their car. So, we went over to their house and go the insurance card and went back to the scene. When we got back, they were arresting the driver of the other car! Evidently, she was drunk. Our friends said that she didn't seem drunk when they talked to her, but she was evidently under the influence of something because they did the "touch your nose" test and a couple of others and the handcuffed her and put her in the squad car! DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE PEOPLE! DON'T DRIVE INEBRIATED AT ALL!!! I don't understand why people do this. Thank God that no one was severely hurt in this wreck! Please, please, please be CAREFUL!
So, yesterday was just really, really long. I am so tired today and I hope that not too much goes wrong today because I am kind of on edge and a little jumpy. But, I hope everyone has a good day!