And the waiting begins....

Have you ever felt like all the forces in the universe have gotten together and said "Hey, how can we *#*# with (insert name here) TODAY? Well, I am pretty sure there is some cosmic comedian laughing his ass off at us this morning, lemme tell ya!!

Hubby comes home from work on Sunday all stressed out cause AGAIN something is wrong with his truck. He thinks it is likely a wheel bearing going in the truck, and knowing how freaky I am about money, is probably wondering if tonight is the night he goes to sleep and I beat him to death with my pillow! We have the "and how much is THIS gonna cost" discussion (okay, so discussion might be a nice way of saying it), and being the tightwad (and hoarder of monies that I am), to his surprise, I don't go ninja on his ass! He takes the vehicle to the garage Monday morning, I pick him up and he says they aren't sure if they can fix it that day, that he might not get it back till Tuesday. Pain in the ass for me, but no biggie. He drives the kids to school and off to work he goes. Few hours later he calls me, and by the sound of his voice I almost toss my cookies.

Him: "So, the garage called me."

Me: "Do I need to sit down?"

Him: "Might be a good idea."

Me: "Do I need a bucket?"

Him: " A Bucket?"

Me: "Incase I puke!"

Him: "Oh! Well anyway, there are two different ones they can use, an econo with 12mth warranty and the good one with 36 mths. Since I plan on having the .....

Me: "How much?"

Him: "Blah Blah Blah, Yadda Yadda Yadda"

Me: "How much?"

Him: " More Blah, Yadda (My pillow-swinging abilities can make a grown man shake!)"

Me: "How f'n much!"

Him: "Well I told him to go with the 36mths and it's gonna be 602 takes and installed"

At this point, if he had have been in my house, I probably would have loaded up my pillowcase with rolls of quarters and challenged him to a pillowfight cause this was the price we had discussed the day before and I was prepared for. Many words were said, by ME, that I can not post here cause my daughter creeps this page and I would never want to teach a kid bad bad words! Crazy ass had me thinking it was over a thousand by the voice on him when he called!

Fast forward to yesterday around 10 a.m.

Hubby calls, truck is done (they tore it apart Monday afternoon before they closed), its about 70bucks cheaper (misquote on part price) and can I go get it? This truck is to me what my pillowcase is to my husband! It scares the beejeebus outta me! To me, it is like a big friggin tank and I am NOT G.I. Jane!! We agree he is just gonna have to leave work a bit early and pick it up.

Close to five hubby's coworker pulls in the yard with my van, hubby not far behind in his truck! Yeah! Hubby drives coworker home, comes in for a bit, grabs a quick bite to eat and we jump in the NEWLY FIXED TRUCK to run me to Weight Watchers.

When they say accidents happen only a few kilometers/minutes from home, they aren't kidding ya!

We are coming down Somerset, about to go through the Paradise Row intersection, straight through the GREEN LIGHT, when the chick coming the opposite way decides to make a lefthand turn through the intersection AFTER her green light has stopped flashing (as she stated to us and to the officer). I see her beginning to make the turn, let out a huge gasp (likely a bad bad word) and CLOSE MY EYES! (Thank god I wasn't driving huh LOL). Next thing I know THUD BANG tossed forward a bit (thank you inventor of seatbelts!) and look up to see my husband's Chevy Silverado making out with her Chev Malibu. As she was exiting her car, it was at that point I noticed movement in her backseat as her two VERY young children shifted in their carseats. And it was at THAT point I almost puked chili all over the interior of our NEWLY FIXED TRUCK! As a mom, I damn near dropped dead thinking of this other mom and the fear she must have felt knowing her two babies were in the car! THANKFULLY NO INJURIES! My biggest concern was if her kids were okay. (My neck was a bit sore last night and I had a headache, but it was the stress of it! I'm fine now.) The kids were fine, the older of the two (maybe 3 years old?), according to the mom, kept saying SEE MOM I knew this was gonna happen! Told you we shoulda just went right home!! I told ya! (She said they were in a car accident last year, so he has been through an accident before). Police were called and while we waited for them an ambulance happened to be driving by and checked on us, tow truck got there for her car (which I am figuring might be done based on the way her front passenger wheel seemed to be leaning in for a high 5 to the front drivers side wheel) the tow thingy wouldn't go down on the tow truck LOL, they finally got that working, put her and her kids in the back of an unmarked car, and we all finally were able to move out of the middle of the intersection (sorry supper hour traffic people!).

Phone call has been made to our insurance and now I am just sitting here waiting on an adjustor to get back to me sometime within the next couple of hours.

Cosmic comedian........you're an asshole!