It has been a tough week! I have the most massive headache right now because of all the stress.
My wonderful Great Aunt Alice was kind enough to give me and the kids her large screen TV. I made plans with Dad and Aaron to get it picked up last night after work. To make this easier, I had Mom use my Explorer for the day and I took their truck to work, planning on picking up Dad and Aaron after I got off and head to Aunt Alice's place.
Aaron met me at my office when he got off work. We headed down to the truck and started out. I was explaining to Aaron about the new parking structure that we are now using and how it was a tight squeeze around some of the turns. At that moment, I was making the last turn out of the structure around a giant concrete pillar. I saw that the mirror had cleared so I thought I was home free.
Not so much. The crunching sound as the truck hit the column was not a sound I EVER want to hear again! I panicked and made things a little worse by backing up a little instead of continuing forward. I had a line of cars behind me as I tried to get out of the mess, then I had to find a spot to pull over and assess the damage to both the truck and the pillar. And of course, there is no cell phone coverage there as it is underground, so I had to go all the way out, turn around and sit at the entrance as Aaron called security to make a report and I called dad to tell him I had bashed his truck up.
I am still in a state of shock that I did that. It was just STUPID, when at the very moment I hit it, I was telling Aaron how careful you had to be. I honestly didn't think that dad's truck was that much bigger than my SUV. I will NEVER make that mistake again.
Luckily, the rest of the night went better than expected. The TV turned out to be a lot lighter than we thought it would be and it was on wheels, so dad and Aaron got it in the new house much easier than I thought it would go in. It looks great sitting in the corner of the living room. Too bad I won't have cable for it for some time, but watching DVDs on it will be GREAT and Ty is going to love playing games on it.
I am taking Friday off to finish packing and to start on painting and decorating the new house. I am so stressed about getting everything done. I can't wait until we are in the house and settled!
