Lessons Learned on Saturday...

Saturday was, well, quite a day. I learned the following:

1. when you are tired, you aren't as logicial in your thinking as if you were well rested.
2. if you were more logical, you wouldn't worry about your cell phone falling on the floor of the vehicle you're driving and you'd wait to glance and look for it when you are not in motion
3. the deductable on the car's insurance is alot more than the cost of a new phone. (this bit of insight is really helpful in making future logical decisions)
4. when you glance down for a second (OK, maybe 3), you could easily "bump" into a parked car and leave scratches in the other vehicle's paint
5. the "bump" may cause your vehicle's wheel to be bent, thus requiring a tow truck after many calls to many places
6. when you take the key off the ring of the towed vehicle and put it in your pocket, you might mistakenly in your frazzled mind think you have "all the keys" in your hand and lock the keys, your phone, and purse in the other vehicle, thereby having both of your family's vehicles at the body shop, one with keys locked in it, the other (the one have a key to) rendered undriveable. Following that?
7. some people are very kind and helpful when someone else is in distress: rides were given, cell phones borrowed, special coffee's made, and offers of car borrowing (which is no small offer, considering they were offering to someone who just wrecked her own vehicle).
8. some people are really kind when someone else just hit their car and created a big pain in the rear for them to deal with. "it's just a thing" she said. "Don't worry about it, Anita...it will all be fine". So sweet...now, if only I had remembered to get HER name, etc. (she has mine).
9. spouses that would usually be quite annoyed (read big understatement) responded in only a slightly annoyed fashion. Thanks...
10. I really need to get more sleep!

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