FaithBishop
Baby Feet
6-12-09/Day 99
I had a minor car accident this afternoon that was 100% my fault. I was trying to parallel park (which I'm generally pretty good at) on the street next to my gym, which has an incline. I don't like to park on inclines, and I had taken a break from it for a while, but recently started doing it again. (I will be going back on the wagon following today's incident.) So, while I was adjusting my car, I must have thought I had put the car in drive (but it was actually still in reverse), and when I took my foot off of the brake and my car started rolling back, I quickly hit the gas to pull forward and not hit the car behind me. But of course I ended up ramming the car behind me pretty good. That totally sucked. The guy whose car it was was actually in the car when it happened. There was damage to his car (which I found out he had just bought 2 days ago), but apparently none to mine.
I'm grateful that he was nice and didn't go off on me. I'm grateful that, although new to him, it was not a new or luxury car that I hit. I'm grateful that I have car insurance. I'm grateful that neither of us was hurt. I'm grateful that I didn't start crying, or otherwise revert to feeling like a helpless little girl. I took responsibility for my mistake, called the insurance company, and pretty much done everything I can do at this point to make restitution.
I was telling a friend this evening that I felt ashamed, and like that was a really dumb thing I did. She shrugged her shoulders and very matter-of-fact-ly said, "Mistakes are dumb!" The same friend brought up karma, and suggested that it's possible that this incident will be a link in the chain that leads this guy to his future wife; we just don't know. I hope it all goes smoothly for both of us, regardless.
Baby Feet
6-12-09/Day 99
I had a minor car accident this afternoon that was 100% my fault. I was trying to parallel park (which I'm generally pretty good at) on the street next to my gym, which has an incline. I don't like to park on inclines, and I had taken a break from it for a while, but recently started doing it again. (I will be going back on the wagon following today's incident.) So, while I was adjusting my car, I must have thought I had put the car in drive (but it was actually still in reverse), and when I took my foot off of the brake and my car started rolling back, I quickly hit the gas to pull forward and not hit the car behind me. But of course I ended up ramming the car behind me pretty good. That totally sucked. The guy whose car it was was actually in the car when it happened. There was damage to his car (which I found out he had just bought 2 days ago), but apparently none to mine.
I'm grateful that he was nice and didn't go off on me. I'm grateful that, although new to him, it was not a new or luxury car that I hit. I'm grateful that I have car insurance. I'm grateful that neither of us was hurt. I'm grateful that I didn't start crying, or otherwise revert to feeling like a helpless little girl. I took responsibility for my mistake, called the insurance company, and pretty much done everything I can do at this point to make restitution.
I was telling a friend this evening that I felt ashamed, and like that was a really dumb thing I did. She shrugged her shoulders and very matter-of-fact-ly said, "Mistakes are dumb!" The same friend brought up karma, and suggested that it's possible that this incident will be a link in the chain that leads this guy to his future wife; we just don't know. I hope it all goes smoothly for both of us, regardless.