The Good, Bad, Good Day

I was very excited about today, my first day back to work in almost six weeks. I've missed it: the drive which clears my head, dressing up, learning new things, the sense of accomplishment when something is finished, the fellowship. It was a beautiful morning and the traffic was light. Arriving early, I took a walk around the neighborhood before I went in.

Every thing went smoothly at work. I finished project after project, visited with the boss and other employees, played with the dog. I also got a delayed Christmas card that had a nice bonus in it - score!

I was excited about our night time plans too. Tonight is date night, and we have a double date planned with my BFF and her hubby. Dinner at a little bar and pub in San Marcos followed by bowling. Tori is watching Will for us for the night.

By the time I left work, it was drizzling just a little. Enough to make the roads wet, but not wash away the oil and gas deposits. While traveling down a four lane, divided road at the posted 45 MPH, the light in front of me turned yellow. The car in front of me, which was almost under the light, slammed into their breaks and I had to hit mine hard if I wanted any chance of not rear-ending them.

My tires hit a slick spot and I lost control. There were cars to the right of me, in front of me and behind me. When my tires regained traction for just a second, I jerked the wheel toward the median. And I hit the curb surrounding it hard. The curb was at least eight inches tall and the impact shook the entire frame of my vehicle. Fortunately, as soon as my tires were off the slick road I was able to regain control. I drove back off the median and pulled up behind the nervous driver at the red light.

When I got home I was so shook up that I walked up the hill in the rain to meet Will's school bus and didn't drive the rest of the day. While at home, I found out my BBFs hubby was sick and they weren't going to be able to go out with us. And for some unexplained reason, my cell phone just quit working.

I had recently purchased a new plan and phone, and just hadn't gotten around to moving over my contacts. So I did that this afternoon. When Steve got home we decided to just take Will and Tori to dinner and bowling with us. We even invited her boyfriend, Ray.

It was great! The food was amazing. The kids and I split a three way desert tray that had cheesecake, brownie with ice cream, and carrot cake on it. Will was well behaved. Everyone bowled better than normal. And we all got home safe.

In the end, it was a good, bad, good day.