Accident

Yesterday was an awful day. Brighton woke up an hour earlier than normal and wanted to go ahead and nurse. It took me an hour to get her settled back down.
Then I accidentally fell back asleep and didn't wake up until I heard my mom knocking on the door.
Then I was late for work.
Then I made a mistake at work and it took me an hour to fix it.
Then I received a really ridiculous email from someone that was insulting and rude and condensending and it made me cry a little at my desk.
Then my afternoon meetings ran over and I left work 15 minutes late and got stuck in bad traffic.
Then the dry cleaners told me they couldn't fix two garments that I really love.

Then I got stuck in more bad traffic.

And then I rear ended someone.

My smashed up Saab :(

I was coming up to a red light and instead of hitting the brake, I accidentally hit the gas for a second, accelerating the car and then slammed on the brakes. It was too late though. I slammed into a Honda Accord full force, which pushed that car into another Accord in front of it.

My front grill was totally smashed in, part of the bumper was ripped off and the side lights were broken and hung by their wires, plus radiator fluid had spilled out all over the road. The back bumper of the car in front of me was missing a big piece and was falling off. And the car in front of it had just minor scratches.

Oh and the car in front of me? Owned by an attorney. (The irony!) He felt it necessary to repeat his profession to me a few times after I profusely apologized for the mess I caused. We waited for the police to come, we moved our cars out of the road and as we waited as the accident report to be filed, the woman in the very front car told me it would all be ok, that she was fine and her car was too.  The attorney just kept giving me the side eye.

After the report was filed and the officer told us what to do with our insurance companies, the attorney felt the need to ask, "Well what if I need to sue? What do I do then?"

I felt my heart drop into my stomach. The woman looked at me in shock and then rolled her eyes. The officer smiled and replied, "Well you do what you have to, but everyone is walking away from this accident just fine by my eyes. If this goes to court, that's what I'll testify to."

Mr. Attorney left in a huff. The woman smiled and me again and we exchanged goodbyes. The officer looked at my car and said, "You sure you want to drive that home?" I nodded and headed home, radiator fluid leaving a trail behind me (the accident happened about 5 blocks from my house).

So yeah, I wrecked my car and two others yesterday. Now I am dealing with insurance, and the police report and getting the car towed to an auto repair shop. Oh and I might get sued. Ugh.

I hope today goes better than yesterday.