What is on your mind

[SmoothButch]

I have spent today thinking about last nights sold out Lady Gaga concert in DC. It was our best concert yet. We managed to get an arms length away from the gate surrounding the stage. She was right in front of us, so so close. I think she is totally badass and beautiful.

Laerkin and I love our Mother Monster!

[princessbelle]

What is on my mind....hmmmmmmmmmm. OMG so very much.

Pardon me if i ramble on and on and please feel free to skip this post entirely because at the moment i have a LOT on my mind and it's been a very long day at 4:30 in the afternoon.

So, this morning I took off for work as normal. I do homehealth, am a nurse, and drive to homes to take care of patients. I went by quick stop store, picked up a coffee and was off on my way to my first patient.

This next part is partly a blurr, what seems like a dream and sorta hasn't sunk in yet.

I was sitting at a redlight, sipping on my coffee. I looked up at the redlight and saw it turn from red to green. BEFORE i could even take my foot off the brake and move it to the gas pedal, I heard the loudest bang i've ever heard, felt myself being propelled forward and I remember looking at my hand where my coffee cup was and thinking...."where did my coffee go".

Now this all happened in a nanosecond. There was no time to think, react, defend myself or understand at all what had happened. I was hit in the rear by a woman who was just driving down the street and evidently did not notice there was a red light and i was stopped there. Not sure what she thought but it is what it is.

The next think i knew I noticed coffee dripping out of my hair and all over my windshield. I thought "OMG someone just hit me". Almost immediately there was a woman standing by my cardoor. I rolled down my window and she was talking so fast i couldn't even focus on her words. I heard pieces of "My insurance company is gonna drop me" "Please don't turn this in".

I had received my new phone yesterday, i'm still trying to learn how to use it. I was trying to focus and dial 911. I was crying, shaking and dripping with coffee. I handed it to the lady and said "can you call 911?" She again said something like..." i don't want to turn this in." It sorta hit me then that she was trying to get me to just keep going and not call 911. Well, i had no CLUE how bad i was hurt, I did have my seatbelt on but my neck was hurting and she hit me so hard that i was now out in the middle of the intersection and cars were having to go way around me to make their turn. I noticed at this point my foot was still on the brake.

Not one single person stopped. Not one.

Finally she called 911. Within a few minutes the police came...then the ambulance.....then the tow truck.

The EMT said i probably had whiplash and to go see a doc. I went to ER but there was a five hour wait, so I opted for Employee Health and besides whiplash I think i'm ok...well and the fact i'm in a daze or feel just sorta freaking out.

The police then had me pull into a parking lot nearby. I called SnackTime and my office. While i was on the phone with my boss, i looked in the rear view and saw the woman was standing with the police and they were having her "walk a straight line". Immediately after that, they cuffed her, stuck her in the back of the police car and wisked her away.

What? She was freaking drunk or whatever at 10 in the morning? She had told me too that she was a nurse.

Her car is totalled. It was a van and there is no front of her car left, the windshield was broken and her air bags were out. I cannot believe she wasn't hurt, and maybe she is because if she was drunk she probably don't even know how she feels.

My car: besides the fact that it is totally covered inside with a huge amount of coffee; the rear end is in a V on the bumper and underneath all the way to my spare tire.

My thoughts: well i wanted to type this as some sort of therapy i suppose and this thought:

I know you've heard it and I know it ain't new.....

Just a reminder.....

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOUR NEXT BREATH MAY BE YOUR LAST. It freaking happens so fast, there is no time to think, plan, know a thing.

Be well all...be safe out there.....WEAR YOUR SEATBELTS and NEVER forget to tell EVERYONE you love how much you do EVERY DAY.

*hugs.

[sylvie]

Originally Posted by princessbelle

What is on my mind....hmmmmmmmmmm. OMG so very much.

Pardon me if i ramble on and on and please feel free to skip this post entirely because at the moment i have a LOT on my mind and it's been a very long day at 4:30 in the afternoon.

So, this morning I took off for work as normal. I do homehealth, am a nurse, and drive to homes to take care of patients. I went by quick stop store, picked up a coffee and was off on my way to my first patient.

This next part is partly a blurr, what seems like a dream and sorta hasn't sunk in yet.

I was sitting at a redlight, sipping on my coffee. I looked up at the redlight and saw it turn from red to green. BEFORE i could even take my foot off the brake and move it to the gas pedal, I heard the loudest bang i've ever heard, felt myself being propelled forward and I remember looking at my hand where my coffee cup was and thinking...."where did my coffee go".

Now this all happened in a nanosecond. There was no time to think, react, defend myself or understand at all what had happened. I was hit in the rear by a woman who was just driving down the street and evidently did not notice there was a red light and i was stopped there. Not sure what she thought but it is what it is.

The next think i knew I noticed coffee dripping out of my hair and all over my windshield. I thought "OMG someone just hit me". Almost immediately there was a woman standing by my cardoor. I rolled down my window and she was talking so fast i couldn't even focus on her words. I heard pieces of "My insurance company is gonna drop me" "Please don't turn this in".

I had received my new phone yesterday, i'm still trying to learn how to use it. I was trying to focus and dial 911. I was crying, shaking and dripping with coffee. I handed it to the lady and said "can you call 911?" She again said something like..." i don't want to turn this in." It sorta hit me then that she was trying to get me to just keep going and not call 911. Well, i had no CLUE how bad i was hurt, I did have my seatbelt on but my neck was hurting and she hit me so hard that i was now out in the middle of the intersection and cars were having to go way around me to make their turn. I noticed at this point my foot was still on the brake.

Not one single person stopped. Not one.

Finally she called 911. Within a few minutes the police came...then the ambulance.....then the tow truck.

The EMT said i probably had whiplash and to go see a doc. I went to ER but there was a five hour wait, so I opted for Employee Health and besides whiplash I think i'm ok...well and the fact i'm in a daze or feel just sorta freaking out.

The police then had me pull into a parking lot nearby. I called SnackTime and my office. While i was on the phone with my boss, i looked in the rear view and saw the woman was standing with the police and they were having her "walk a straight line". Immediately after that, they cuffed her, stuck her in the back of the police car and wisked her away.

What? She was freaking drunk or whatever at 10 in the morning? She had told me too that she was a nurse.

Her car is totalled. It was a van and there is no front of her car left, the windshield was broken and her air bags were out. I cannot believe she wasn't hurt, and maybe she is because if she was drunk she probably don't even know how she feels.

My car: besides the fact that it is totally covered inside with a huge amount of coffee; the rear end is in a V on the bumper and underneath all the way to my spare tire.

My thoughts: well i wanted to type this as some sort of therapy i suppose and this thought:

I know you've heard it and I know it ain't new.....

Just a reminder.....

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOUR NEXT BREATH MAY BE YOUR LAST. It freaking happens so fast, there is no time to think, plan, know a thing.

Be well all...be safe out there.....WEAR YOUR SEATBELTS and NEVER forget to tell EVERYONE you love how much you do EVERY DAY.

*hugs.

wow, belle!
what a scary experience, i'm so glad a/that you are okay and b/that .. well just that you are okay... all too often things like this happen and it's sad, horrible and so wrong... thank you for the reminders, about seatbelts and telling people we love them everyday.. something many people forget often, and something i need to remember myself, often.. ♥ i better not get started on drinking & driving - i'm sure we think alike...grrrr

really, truly am happy you are okay, and postin here has always felt like a therapy to myself, in various ways.. i was in a similar situation, once.. i had my son with me in the car, and the person hit straight on in the door where my son was sitting.. WITH our seatbelts on, i managed to somehow pull him onto me which saved him .. the things we do in our moment of shock...make sure you do something relaxing for yourself, & (((hugggggggz))) - be well hunny! again, glad you are okay.

[lipstixgal]

Originally Posted by princessbelle

What is on my mind....hmmmmmmmmmm. OMG so very much.

Pardon me if i ramble on and on and please feel free to skip this post entirely because at the moment i have a LOT on my mind and it's been a very long day at 4:30 in the afternoon.

So, this morning I took off for work as normal. I do homehealth, am a nurse, and drive to homes to take care of patients. I went by quick stop store, picked up a coffee and was off on my way to my first patient.

This next part is partly a blurr, what seems like a dream and sorta hasn't sunk in yet.

I was sitting at a redlight, sipping on my coffee. I looked up at the redlight and saw it turn from red to green. BEFORE i could even take my foot off the brake and move it to the gas pedal, I heard the loudest bang i've ever heard, felt myself being propelled forward and I remember looking at my hand where my coffee cup was and thinking...."where did my coffee go".

Now this all happened in a nanosecond. There was no time to think, react, defend myself or understand at all what had happened. I was hit in the rear by a woman who was just driving down the street and evidently did not notice there was a red light and i was stopped there. Not sure what she thought but it is what it is.

The next think i knew I noticed coffee dripping out of my hair and all over my windshield. I thought "OMG someone just hit me". Almost immediately there was a woman standing by my cardoor. I rolled down my window and she was talking so fast i couldn't even focus on her words. I heard pieces of "My insurance company is gonna drop me" "Please don't turn this in".

I had received my new phone yesterday, i'm still trying to learn how to use it. I was trying to focus and dial 911. I was crying, shaking and dripping with coffee. I handed it to the lady and said "can you call 911?" She again said something like..." i don't want to turn this in." It sorta hit me then that she was trying to get me to just keep going and not call 911. Well, i had no CLUE how bad i was hurt, I did have my seatbelt on but my neck was hurting and she hit me so hard that i was now out in the middle of the intersection and cars were having to go way around me to make their turn. I noticed at this point my foot was still on the brake.

Not one single person stopped. Not one.

Finally she called 911. Within a few minutes the police came...then the ambulance.....then the tow truck.

The EMT said i probably had whiplash and to go see a doc. I went to ER but there was a five hour wait, so I opted for Employee Health and besides whiplash I think i'm ok...well and the fact i'm in a daze or feel just sorta freaking out.

The police then had me pull into a parking lot nearby. I called SnackTime and my office. While i was on the phone with my boss, i looked in the rear view and saw the woman was standing with the police and they were having her "walk a straight line". Immediately after that, they cuffed her, stuck her in the back of the police car and wisked her away.

What? She was freaking drunk or whatever at 10 in the morning? She had told me too that she was a nurse.

Her car is totalled. It was a van and there is no front of her car left, the windshield was broken and her air bags were out. I cannot believe she wasn't hurt, and maybe she is because if she was drunk she probably don't even know how she feels.

My car: besides the fact that it is totally covered inside with a huge amount of coffee; the rear end is in a V on the bumper and underneath all the way to my spare tire.

My thoughts: well i wanted to type this as some sort of therapy i suppose and this thought:

I know you've heard it and I know it ain't new.....

Just a reminder.....

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOUR NEXT BREATH MAY BE YOUR LAST. It freaking happens so fast, there is no time to think, plan, know a thing.

Be well all...be safe out there.....WEAR YOUR SEATBELTS and NEVER forget to tell EVERYONE you love how much you do EVERY DAY.

*hugs.

OMG that is awful I am glad that you are alright, the car can be fixed..I hope the women gets the book thrown at her for drinking while driving!!

[princessbelle]

Originally Posted by sylvie

wow, belle!
what a scary experience, i'm so glad a/that you are okay and b/that .. well just that you are okay... all too often things like this happen and it's sad, horrible and so wrong... thank you for the reminders, about seatbelts and telling people we love them everyday.. something many people forget often, and something i need to remember myself, often.. ♥ i better not get started on drinking & driving - i'm sure we think alike...grrrr

really, truly am happy you are okay, and postin here has always felt like a therapy to myself, in various ways.. i was in a similar situation, once.. i had my son with me in the car, and the person hit straight on in the door where my son was sitting.. WITH our seatbelts on, i managed to somehow pull him onto me which saved him .. the things we do in our moment of shock...make sure you do something relaxing for yourself, & (((hugggggggz))) - be well hunny! again, glad you are okay.

Originally Posted by lipstixgal

OMG that is awful I am glad that you are alright, the car can be fixed..I hope the women gets the book thrown at her for drinking while driving!!

Thanks to both of you and to those that sent me reps and messages.

I had a shower and omg it took three hair washes to get all the coffee, with creamer, out of my hair lol.

Snack went and got us Mexican, my fav, and i'm just gonna chill out. I did go to get a cup of coffee a few minutes ago and my right bicept is already sore. I'm sure it will get worse before it gets better lol.

I am so, so fortunate i wasn't hurt worse. Thank God i wasn't in a car, or small car. I have always loved my xterra. Now i love it even more.

[Gayla]

Originally Posted by princessbelle

Thanks to both of you and to those that sent me reps and messages.

I had a shower and omg it took three hair washes to get all the coffee, with creamer, out of my hair lol.

Snack went and got us Mexican, my fav, and i'm just gonna chill out. I did go to get a cup of coffee a few minutes ago and my right bicept is already sore. I'm sure it will get worse before it gets better lol.

I am so, so fortunate i wasn't hurt worse. Thank God i wasn't in a car, or small car. I have always loved my xterra. Now i love it even more.

Several years ago, I was sitting at a red light on an overpass when a very sober but stupid (and uninsured) driver decided to try to beat the light behind me. The guy behind me saw him coming and moved off to the shoulder which means he rammed into the back of me. And I rammed into the back of the Jeep Cherokee that was in front of me. Crumpled my van like a slinky. My airbags didn't go off but the lid to my coffee did. And the 12 pack of soda I had in the back busted open and turned into little carbonated projectiles. I was not injured. I felt ok. Until I lit a cigarette and tried to smoke it. The act of inhaling made all of the muscles under my chin and down my neck scream. That's when I really found out what whiplash was!

I am glad you were not severely injured. I know you said you opted for Employee Health but you didn't say if you actually went.

If you didn't, go tomorrow. If you did and they suggested PT, don't put it off. I did about three weeks and it wasn't fun but I know it helped.

Take care of yourself. Hot shower, warm blankets. Oh, and chocolate really helps.

[sharkchomp]

Hey Belle did you have a boat hitch on the back of your Xtera? If you don't I highly recommend that you do. Most of the time when you're rearended, your car gets pushed and their car is totalled because you have welded steel reenforcement in the undercarriage of your vehicle. It costs about $100 and you can get it done at any UHaul place.

What's been on my mind lately is one of my close friends. We've been friends for very close to 30 years. Before he and his wife were married we all lived together. Good times. Well he has brain cancer... melinoma something or something melinoma. However it's called no one survives this. Upon his diagnosis they gave him 90 days - we're going on about 110 now. They tried radiation with chemo and not only did it not work but his brain tumors (4) grew and he got a new one(5). So now they're on plan B which as he put it is the Best plan... cause it's the only plan. They're using that cyber knife which is very concentrated radiation. The docs said they'd check his progress in 30 days which we both thought was rather interesting in that the cyber knife is the latest and greatest new technology but they can't check his tumors sooner than 30 days to see if they're growing or not!!!! Crazy shit man.

He posts a little video almost everyday on facebook. Nothing like a little brain cancer to clear the vision of all the petty shit in life. His messages are so simple, powerful, positive and exuding of pure love it is truly humbling. Humbling to the core. I think of my troubles and they are plenty but here's a guy fighting with every ounce of his being to just see tomorrow. Damn the hospital bills, damn the prognosis, damn the mortgage and every other issue... he just wants to see tomorrow.

He's a good man, former Marine veteran, husband and father. It's not fair man. It just isn't. It makes me so sad, angry, humbled and hopeful. I say hopeful because everyday he's alive I'm inspired in a number of ways. But one day there will be no tomorrow for my friend and that will be a sad sorry day for this planet.

~~~shark~~~~~~~

[princessbelle]

Originally Posted by gayla

Several years ago, I was sitting at a red light on an overpass when a very sober but stupid (and uninsured) driver decided to try to beat the light behind me. The guy behind me saw him coming and moved off to the shoulder which means he rammed into the back of me. And I rammed into the back of the Jeep Cherokee that was in front of me. Crumpled my van like a slinky. My airbags didn't go off but the lid to my coffee did. And the 12 pack of soda I had in the back busted open and turned into little carbonated projectiles. I was not injured. I felt ok. Until I lit a cigarette and tried to smoke it. The act of inhaling made all of the muscles under my chin and down my neck scream. That's when I really found out what whiplash was!

I am glad you were not severely injured. I know you said you opted for Employee Health but you didn't say if you actually went.

If you didn't, go tomorrow. If you did and they suggested PT, don't put it off. I did about three weeks and it wasn't fun but I know it helped.

Take care of yourself. Hot shower, warm blankets. Oh, and chocolate really helps.

((((((((Gayla)))))))))

TY so much for this post. I was "seeing" in my mind your accident. Being hit from behind is bad enough but omg you were rammed into another? YOU are lucky and I know you know that. I am glad to hear you weren't hurt any worse.

I did go to employee health, they wanted me to go back to ER and get an xray cause they don't do those. But, five hours? at the earliest? I don't think so.

Snack was not happy with my decision not to get xrayed. But, i just can't sit there that long.

I do promise though that i will go back if anything like tingling or numbness starts to happen.

I really think i'm gonna be sore and that the wreck hurt my feelings more than anything.Thank God.

[Gayla]

Awww, Snickles!

I don't think I've ever really heard anyone talk about the emotional aspects of it, outside of the PTSD kinda thing, but I saw it as a huge violation in some ways. It was a similar feeling to when someone broke into my house and trashed the place because they couldn't unlock the front door and my TV wouldn't fit out the window they came in. I freely admit to being a big, giant control freak in a lot of ways and this was so far out of my control that I just didn't know how to handle it. There was also the piece about the fact that they totaled my van. I loved that van. And suddenly, it was just a crumpled piece blue metal. (Insurance paid for a bigger, better van in the end though. With headed seats!) So I totally get the hurt feeling thing.

Yes, you will be sore. It feels very funny to tell you this but, yeah, Ibuprofen, lots of water tonight. I felt like I was getting the flu for a couple of days, it was that kind of achey. And, umm, go get the xrays. At least in the next few days. Go in the middle of the night when they aren't busy or go to urgent care or something but get them done. You know better. <3

[princessbelle]

Gayla,

Thank you so much for your comments. You are so RIGHT. It's weird, i feel violated. I can so relate to the fact that someone hurt your vehicle. It's just not right. Which may explain why i'm still crying on and off.

It's like......"how dare you hurt my car, throw my coffee all over the place and hit me, what did i ever do to you?"

I keep going over and over it. Like people do. It's normal, and it helps so much to talk about it.

I had told my boss i would work tomorrow. She said no...take tomorrow off and Sunday too if you need it. I love my boss.

Yes i will most likely go get checked out more tomorrow.

The humor to it is after the immediate hit all i could do is look at my hand still in the position of holding a cup without the cup there and i thought..."well hell, where did my coffee go". This was BEFORE my brain caught up to the fact someone hit me. LOL. Just really funny to me that that is the first thing i thought of.

And ty for the medical advice. You know nurses are THE worst patients...for sure.


Thanks for the convo everyone...truly.

[Gayla]

Originally Posted by princessbelle

And ty for the medical advice. You know nurses are THE worst patients...for sure.

Yup, I live with one. Which is why I know the difference between, "I opted for Employee Health" and "I went to Employee Health"!

I don't think my cup left the cup holder but the lid came off and coffee flew out and up and all over the windshield. That would have been a really cool slow mo video! And then I couldn't figure out what the horrible hissing noise was until I realized there were a dozen cans of soda exploding all over the back seats!

Keep talking about it. It helps.

[Packin'Boi]

Wanting to be somewhere else,but can't...

[princessbelle]

Originally Posted by gayla

Yup, I live with one. Which is why I know the difference between, "I opted for Employee Health" and "I went to Employee Health"!

I don't think my cup left the cup holder but the lid came off and coffee flew out and up and all over the windshield. That would have been a really cool slow mo video! And then I couldn't figure out what the horrible hissing noise was until I realized there were a dozen cans of soda exploding all over the back seats!

Keep talking about it. It helps.

Ahhhhhhhhhh no WONDER you caught on to the nurses way of saying i was seen by a doc thingy. LOL.

Like i said before Mr. SnackTime is still not happy about that whole thing and will probably haul my southern booty to doc tomorrow.

I cannot IMAGINE being hit so hard that the soda cans exploded. Now that is HARD. wow you are lucky.

I'm gonna lay down for a bit (thanks to employee health giving me at least a couple of Flexeril). Or...i may cry some more....lol.

It will take Snack all day tomorrow i'm thinking to get that coffee off the inside of my car. (TY for volunteering for that job) I had to *lick* a napkin of sorts to wipe the windshield just to see to get home. It was nuts. I never imagined how far one cup of coffee could go ....lol.

[Kenna]

(Cold Cooties!!!)





Other stuff on my brain all day (especially since our system at work was crashed all day and I had too much spare time to think....)

After paing $1500.00 in monthly bills this week (after only getting paid $737.00), I still have to:
switch my car insurance over to a BETTER company, paying out an additional amount to get the policy started....

get new glasses (that may not be covered by insurance due to deductible, this may cost me $300.00)

set up/go to doctor next week (that may not be covered by insurance due to deductible, with Rx and Visit, this may cost me another $200 or more)

Go to Verizon and PITCH A FIT that the "new phone" they gave me as a warranty replacement is STILL A PIECE OF CRAP.... possibly pay out big bucks for a NEW upgraded phone since none of this model seems to work and always shuts itself off or freezes up.... I was told this would cost me AT LEAST $200 because I am not eligible to "upgrade" or resign a contract, they said I must pay for a new phone if I want to change models.

get FIVE cats to the vet for FIVE surgeries and TEN or more shots

Get Tags/New Inspection for car...pay the taxes, etc

Get car worked on, oil change, SOMETHING in the front end is knocking around like my tire's about to fall off!

Make sure I have enough $$$$ for gas over the next couple weeks....

Switch over all my Automatic Withdraws from old bank to new bank and PRAY that my next paycheck goes direct deposit.

and several other things that I thought of before the Nyquil Fog....

plus get a second job to pay for everything and "the extras", ..... I won't sit around and sulk after being told I "don't make enough money to...."
I WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN no matter what!

[Blue_Daddy-O]

Here we go

Come with me

There's a world out there that we should see

Take my hand

Close your eyes

With you right here

I'm a Rocketeer

Let's fly, fly, fly, flyyy
Up, up, here we go, go, Up, up, here we go
Let's fly, fly, fly, flyyy
Up, up, here we go, go
Where we stop nobody knows

Where we go we don't need roads
Where we stop nobody knows
To the stars if you really want it
Got, got a jetpack with your name on it
Above the clouds in the atmosphere
Just say the words and we outta here

Hold my hand if you feelin' scared

We flyin' up, up outta here

Here we go

Come with me

There's a world out there that we should see

Take my hand

Close your eyes

With you right here, I'm a Rocketeer

Let's fly, fly, fly, flyy
Up, up here we go, go, Up, up here we go
Let's fly, fly, fly, flyy
Up, up here we go, go
Where we stop nobody knows

Baby we can stay fly like a G6
Shop the streets of Tokyo get your fly kicks

Girl you always on my mind

Got my head up in the sky
And I'm never looking down feelin' priceless, yeah

Where we at, only few have known

Go on the next level, Super Mario
I hope this works out, Cardio
Til' then let's fly, Geronimo

Here we go

Come with me

There's a world out there that we should see,

Take my hand

Close your eyes

With you right here, I'm a Rocketeer

Let's fly, [Yo]

Nah I never been in space before
But I never seen a face like yours

You make me feel like I could touch the planets
You want the moon, girl watch me grab it

See I never seen the stars this close
You got me stuck off the way you glow
I'm like, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm like, oh, oh, oh, oh

Here we go

Come with me

There's a world out there that we should see

Take my hand

Close your eyes

With you right here, I'm a Rocketeer

Let's fly, fly, fly, flyy
Up, up here we go, go, Up, up here we go, go
Let's fly, fly, fly, flyy

Up, up here we go, go
Where we stop nobody knows, knows, knows...........

[Sachita]

Time to get the garden beds ready and soil plowed. It's going to be a good season.

[Rockinonahigh]

Originally Posted by princessbelle

What is on my mind....hmmmmmmmmmm. OMG so very much.

Pardon me if i ramble on and on and please feel free to skip this post entirely because at the moment i have a LOT on my mind and it's been a very long day at 4:30 in the afternoon.

So, this morning I took off for work as normal. I do homehealth, am a nurse, and drive to homes to take care of patients. I went by quick stop store, picked up a coffee and was off on my way to my first patient.

This next part is partly a blurr, what seems like a dream and sorta hasn't sunk in yet.

I was sitting at a redlight, sipping on my coffee. I looked up at the redlight and saw it turn from red to green. BEFORE i could even take my foot off the brake and move it to the gas pedal, I heard the loudest bang i've ever heard, felt myself being propelled forward and I remember looking at my hand where my coffee cup was and thinking...."where did my coffee go".

Now this all happened in a nanosecond. There was no time to think, react, defend myself or understand at all what had happened. I was hit in the rear by a woman who was just driving down the street and evidently did not notice there was a red light and i was stopped there. Not sure what she thought but it is what it is.

The next think i knew I noticed coffee dripping out of my hair and all over my windshield. I thought "OMG someone just hit me". Almost immediately there was a woman standing by my cardoor. I rolled down my window and she was talking so fast i couldn't even focus on her words. I heard pieces of "My insurance company is gonna drop me" "Please don't turn this in".

I had received my new phone yesterday, i'm still trying to learn how to use it. I was trying to focus and dial 911. I was crying, shaking and dripping with coffee. I handed it to the lady and said "can you call 911?" She again said something like..." i don't want to turn this in." It sorta hit me then that she was trying to get me to just keep going and not call 911. Well, i had no CLUE how bad i was hurt, I did have my seatbelt on but my neck was hurting and she hit me so hard that i was now out in the middle of the intersection and cars were having to go way around me to make their turn. I noticed at this point my foot was still on the brake.

Not one single person stopped. Not one.

Finally she called 911. Within a few minutes the police came...then the ambulance.....then the tow truck.

The EMT said i probably had whiplash and to go see a doc. I went to ER but there was a five hour wait, so I opted for Employee Health and besides whiplash I think i'm ok...well and the fact i'm in a daze or feel just sorta freaking out.

The police then had me pull into a parking lot nearby. I called SnackTime and my office. While i was on the phone with my boss, i looked in the rear view and saw the woman was standing with the police and they were having her "walk a straight line". Immediately after that, they cuffed her, stuck her in the back of the police car and wisked her away.

What? She was freaking drunk or whatever at 10 in the morning? She had told me too that she was a nurse.

Her car is totalled. It was a van and there is no front of her car left, the windshield was broken and her air bags were out. I cannot believe she wasn't hurt, and maybe she is because if she was drunk she probably don't even know how she feels.

My car: besides the fact that it is totally covered inside with a huge amount of coffee; the rear end is in a V on the bumper and underneath all the way to my spare tire.

My thoughts: well i wanted to type this as some sort of therapy i suppose and this thought:

I know you've heard it and I know it ain't new.....

Just a reminder.....

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOUR NEXT BREATH MAY BE YOUR LAST. It freaking happens so fast, there is no time to think, plan, know a thing.

Be well all...be safe out there.....WEAR YOUR SEATBELTS and NEVER forget to tell EVERYONE you love how much you do EVERY DAY.

*hugs.

Holy cow,I hope the perp stays in jail for a long time as well as loseing her licence to drive,some people!Im glad you are not hurt any worse just take care of your self .

[bright_arrow]

The girl at work that called another co-worker very rude, nasty things. I am friends with said co-worker and almost said something to the girl. But she is training me, and everyone around was friends with her, so I kept my mouth shut - but believe me, it was hard.

Our electric bill, the disconnection notice, and how it's gone up. I am incredulous and hoping my department manager gives me full-time hours since I AM full-time status.

I am allover flustered and trying to breathe through it because I know it's not as bad as it seems. It's just one of those days.

[Sweet_Amor_Taino]

I am thinking about gladiolas my honey likes them and I bought her some today so she could plant them in May. I am thinking about my birthday in May how to celebrate and the show princess on Ice I want to buy tickets to take my granddaughter.

[Medusa]

Can someone please pop into the chat room real quick so I can win a bet with Jackhammer?