Trip to Town
Palaver
I had to run to town yesterday to take care of some business, one of them being to find a cheaper auto insurance company. I'm trying to cut corners wherever I can and my full coverage through the company I had been with, was eating my lunch.
My best friend Paula had told me that one of the ladies who goes to their bible studies had offered to take me to her agent since hers was a fraction of what I have been shelling out so I decided to take her up on her offer. However, since I was still fully covered, I called her and told her I would pick her up instead.
We had a lovely visit on the way over to Junction City where I needed to pick up a prescription and while we were there, I decided to take advantage of the opportunity of gracing Walmart's. I needed to pick up some groceries anyway. Everything was going like clockwork. When we got back to Abilene, I went straight to her agency, parked my car and we went in where it didn't take the secretary any time at all to find a much cheaper company, to my delight! I was already tallying in my head where the money I was saving was going to go.
I had a "perfect" driving record since the accident I was in when I was in Michigan didn't count because of their no-fault laws. Thank God for that or I'd have been SO screwed!
I was feeling pretty cocky about it and didn't make any bones about saying so. Add to that, I opted to go with just liability since I was such a good driver and all which dropped my premium even more and the money really started adding up---in my head. I could live LARGE on what I'd be saving! So after wrapping up my part of the business, I went on out to my car tp wait while Eva lagged behind a second with a couple of questions of her own to ask while we were there.
Oh, what the heck, rather than make her walk all the way out to the car, I decided to back up and proceeded to verrrry slooooowly inch my way back while keeping my eye on the door for Eva, so I wouldn't back into her should she happen to come out in the process of my backing up when ***THUMP***!! What the...!!!
From out of nowhere, this gigantic '97 Saturn had pulled up behind me and parked. I had seen the young lady---AND HER FATHER come in to wait their turn---while I was finishing up mine but for the life of me, I didn't see the car.
"Great meds!" I thought. I was SO FOCUSED on where I was going and what I was doing, I hadn't even seen it sitting there when I walked out to my car only moments before.
Nevertheless, right there, in front of the agency, my agent, the secretary, Eva, "Princess", her FATHER and hard telling who all of the construction workers that were working there on BUCKEYE---straight across from the COURTHOUSE, at the blistering speed of .001 of a mile an hour, I plowed into the driver's door, leaving just enough of a dent (not even to break the paint) to have to file a claim on my brand spanking new [liability] auto insurance plan.
What else could I do but pull forward about three feet, take a couple of sips of my iced coffee, make myself as small as possible and slink back into the office where, (just in case) I asked if anyone saw what had happened.
This is where I would have rather had a broken neck and been bleeding out profusely but I didin't even get a broken nail out of the deal!
All I could do was yell, "Did anyone see what happened!?" "I HAVE WITNESSES!" (I think here's where my friend Jamesh would say, "wait, what?")
So... while I sat there looking more and more like a sore thumb and wishing I could melt and blend into a puddle into the carpet, I waited for what seemed like an eternity for my agent to process "Princess's" insurance plan. It was more than plenty of time for me to "think about what I just did" and pray that DADDY, who hadn't cracked a smile since they walked in, would be easy on me.
My most winning smile belied the mental ass kicking I was giving myself, which I'm sure DADDY wasn't the least bit intrigued with. I could have sworn I saw dollar signs reflecting in his eyes but I have a surprise for DADDY!
No worries! With all the money I "saved" on my premiums, I'm guessing I should be able to have his princess's clunker fixed in the next five years or so---or flee to South America somewhere and begin a whole new life with the Auca's?
"Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall." Proverbs 16:18