Beautiful Mess

Things that sucked about yesterday:

1.  The never ending snow in Chicago this winter

2.  The unadulterated, life-flashing-before-my-eyes terror of being hit by a plow truck (twice) before careening across 4 lanes of a busy expressway and coming to rest at the median.

3.  My totalled car

4.  My ruined plan to wait a few more months before buying a new car when I get my next bonus

5.  The crappy attitude of the police officer who apparently didn’t like my responses to his questions while I was still shaking like a leaf and unable to form clear thoughts. 

6.  The traffic ticket

7.  The inevitable increase in my automobile insurance

Things to be thankful for about yesterday:

1.  The ridiculous amounts of snow piled up on the shoulder of the road that allowed me to come to a full stop about half a foot before I crashed head on into the cement median.

2.  God, fate, karma, or whatever rule of the universe that allowed me to slide sideways across 4 lanes of busy expressway traffic without being hit again.

3.  My ability to walk away from that accident without anything more than a tiny bit of soreness.

4.  That nobody else was hurt (my civic didn’t even make a dent in the plow truck).

5.  The friendly tow truck driver who kept smiling even though he first had to shovel several feet of snow away from the front of my car before being able to hook me up and winch me out of the snowbank.  I needed that smile. 

6.  My boyfriend who came to find me and waited until the tow truck driver arrived and during my follow-up with the police officer.

7.  My boyfriend who held my hand as I cried all the way to dinner about 2 hours later because it was that scary.

8.  Even though my new car plan is foiled, I got a bonus check last week that will allow me to buy a decent and relatively new used car with cash.  So while I will not get the car of my dreams, I’m at least thankful to have the means to still work something out.