- 6:00 p.m., landed in a state capital (United 20 minutes early? Wow!)
- 6:30 p.m., still waiting for luggage (serves me right -- broke my rule for not checking in bags)
- 7:00 p.m., finally heading home (4 1/2 hours of pure boredom ahead)
- 10:30 p.m., almost home (in a middle of nowhere)
- two deer run out on the road -- I slam my brakes and stop, barely missing stupid creatures (I do like animals -- when they don't run in front of my car)
- a fraction of a second later -- another deer slams into my car
- Ahhhhh -- don't you see my car??? I already stopped -- cross in FRONT of my car, not THROUGH my car
- Pitch dark, nowhere to pull over, don't know the extent of the damage...
- Drive another 20 minutes -- pure agony, not knowing just how bad the front of my car looks...
- Civilization -- finally! OK, fender is shattered, headlight is barely there, hood is cracked; overall, drivable -- the light bulb is intact.
- 11:30 p.m., arrive home -- totally exhausted, still high on adrenaline from a near tumble all over somebody's cotton field
- Clean out my car so it's ready to be taken to the body shop in the morning (now, I am full time graduate student so you can imagine the amount of "stuff" traveling with me)
- Call insurance and submit a claim
- Tossing and turning, manage to get a few hours of sleep
- Take my car to the shop and get a rental
- Teach one class (8:00 a.m.)
- Wade through my mailbox, answering emails and sorting them into appropriate folders
- Register several students for classes
- Grade a huge stack of papers
- Ready to go home (huge sigh of relief)!
To be continued... (have to be in Tampa tomorrow by 8:00 p.m.)
1 comment:
Oh no! That sounds stressful.
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