Well, I contacted the local body shop about the car.  I had driven it 2 miles to my home and it did not drive right.  So, I told them that I would have to have it towed.  I was afraid that the insurance company would not pay for a tow, but I insisted, since I did not want to further the damage to the car.

So, it was towed to the body shop.  I got a call from them this afternoon, and the estimate they gave me, for a small little bump from another vehicle, was over $2,000.00!!!  They are sending the estimate to the insurance company and I can only hope that they will pay for the entire repair.  I was surprised at the amount of parts that needed replacing.  I needed a new passenger front fender, a new front bumper, new striping, and a new headlight.

I just have to wait to see what the insurance company has to say.  I hope I don’t have to fight for the full repairs.  I have never gone through this before, so it is all new to me.

I came out of work to the parking lot, where many of us who work downtown pay to park our cars; a safe place to park, one might think.
As I walked toward my 2005 Mustang, I notice a piece of paper under one windshield wiper.  My first thought was “that had better not be a ticket, my parking is paid up”.

So, I get to the car and see that it is indeed a ticket, but not the kind of ticket I had suspected.  It was information written by a police officer giving the information for the driver of the vehicle that had hit my car!!!!  Now this car was 5 years old, yes, but it was in excellent condition, not a scratch on it.  So, needless to say, I was a bit upset.  Not angry, mind you, but just upset.

I called the phone number of the driver of the pickup that was the culprit and they said that they had already contacted their insurance company to file a claim.  I was very pleasantly surprised.  Most people would have just driven away thinking that they would get away with it.  But, low and behold, there are some honest people still left in the world.

My brother Dave called today and said that there had been a murder-suicide about 20 miles from where I grew up.  It seems strange that something like that could happen in a place where everyone knows everyone else.  You never think about those things happening in small-town America.  Small towns are thought to be friendly places, where you know everyone and neighbors greet each other when they meet on the street.

This, like so many of these cases, was the result of a domestic dispute mixed with alcohol.  It is so sad that a nine-year old little girl will have to live with the memory of her father shooting her mother right in front of her.  She will surely have nightmares for the rest of her life.  I hope that she finds someone, a family member hopefully, that will take her in and nurture her so that she grows up to be a fine young woman.

I think that the shooter in this case was very selfish.  He should have thought of what would happen to his daughter, with no mother or father for the remainder of her life.  Very sad indeed.

It has been a very busy week at work, been putting in a lot of overtime.  So I was just too tired to cook supper tonight.  So we went out to eat dinner at a local all-you-can-eat restaurant so I wouldn’t have to bother with cooking supper or washing dishes.  I like this restaurant a lot – you order your main course of meat (or pasta) and then you help yourself to their buffet style bars full of veggies, salads, fruits, desserts, breads, etc.  The price is reasonable, and the food is always good.  And I get to eat without having to do any of the work!

I called my best friend today to wish her a happy birthday.  She said that I was the first one to wish her a happy birthday (other than family) and was glad to hear from me.  I asked her how her day had been, and she said that she had to work today.  She said her feelings were hurt because last week one of her co-workers had a birthday and the co-workers threw a party for her, but no one at work acknowledged her birthday today at all.  I felt really badly about that because she is a really good person and does not deserve to have her feelings hurt like that.