The Real Recap
August 9, 2010 by Puna
Filed under Signatures, The Teenage Life
We were at a mini-family reunion last weekend. This is my wonderful, always youthful Uncle Walt.
And this is me after pretending to be a waitress and realizing that I’m not coordinated enough to carry more than one thing at a time.
It was a fun party all the same.
This is what the car looked like when we got run off the road the next day at 6:30 in the morning. The other car was on the wrong side of the road and to avoid him, the husband had to veer off the road and we hit a tree. It was scary.
This is the guy who did it. He didn’t stop. He came back after about ten minutes and slowed down to take a look at us stranded on the side of the road and quickly took off again. I wasn’t fast enough with my camera to get a good shot of him.
I told the kids that they just witnessed the worst of human nature. Everyone is alright, thank God.
This is why we had to get up so early. One accident, 300 miles and seven hours later, the girl rode in the last meet of the year. The things we do for our kids.
And then this morning…
This is what a side mirror looks like after I back into it with the same van that was run off the road the day before. The irony is that the husband was on the phone with the insurance company when I did it. I came back inside to tell him and he said, “Wait a minute, my wife just backed into some worker’s truck that was parked in our driveway. I think we need to make another claim.”
So how was your weekend?
I am so sorry I am laughing at the image of your husband on the phone making a second claim. It is not funny now but hopefully it will be funny in a couple of years? I work in software building applications to process car wreck claims (collision is the PC term) and we hear these kinds of stories all the time.
BOO for bad people.
I’m so glad that no one was hurt. I can’t believe that driver had the nerve to come back to look and then speed away. I hope all the repairs are made quickly and inexpensively.
And, I love your top!
Wow, I thought hubby was being silly when he left a comment on my facebook about someone driving north in the southbound lane! So sorry, our week hasn’t gotten off to a very good start either. Was nice to see you for a little while Saturday, Glad you got to meet mr Camdyn!
Most definitely the bottom of the barrell on human nature..so sorry about that! but it looks like you still salvaged the rest of the weekend.
My weekend was a LOT better than yours, Puna. Holy cow!! Glad everyone is okay. Things can be repaired or replaced. Not quite as easy with people.
PS Looking forward to your piece at V&V tomorrow!
hi puna! just starting to look through ur site and i can tell i will already love it. it looks like we share a similar passion for travel and living well and i can’t wait to spend an afternoon browsing through all ur old stuff!