Saturna

first let me thank maude for: seatbelts and the wherewithal to actually buckle them, the absence of jah isaac in this scenario, less-than-could-have-been damage, insurance, and sensible traffic cops.

this evening i was sitting on the coffeeshop porch reading and smoking, and then i went to the bookstore and bought myself a bargain book even though i am way to broke to do so.

then i decided to pick up jah isaac early from my dad's and head home. they weren't at home, so i headed to the indoor playground where they were to pick him up. i am driving down walnut grove and have to turn left onto germantown parkway. anyone in memphis knows this is one of the most ridiculous intersectiong in the metropolitan area. i avoid it usually, but had to get onto g'town parkway in order to cross the wolf river.

i sit at the light, i am the first person. it turns green, i wait the safe driver moment, then go, and suddenly get slammed from the right side, just at the wheel on the right passenger side. this girl just went on the wrong light, thought mine was hers. it is understandable how that could happen, it is a confusing intersection.

regardless, she says nothing to me. i get out, she is on her phone. says nothing. so i use my cellphone to call 911, considering that i am sitting in the middle of three lanes of oncoming traffic in one of the busiest intersections in this town. i wait a moment and get out again, she is still on her phone. she asks me if the police are coming - i tell her that i called them. she asks if i am hurt, and i say no. she says nothing else.

this irks me to NO end. she just rammed into my car and she couldn't even say she was sorry??!?!?!??! i see what happened now, though. she called her dad (i think she was still in highschool, but i am showing my age in that i couldn't really tell for sure, who can these days?) who told her to not say anything, not admit guilt, etc, etc. her parents showed up nearly immediately, and her dad was a stone-face, obviously he is going to try to get out of it.

but she got the ticket. so, sorry sir, i do not think so. this car is not worth much, but i do know that regardless of what needs to be done, there must be a safely drivable car coming out of this for us. that is what we have now, and is what we need to continue to have.

so, i am a nervous wreck. walnut grove is just not a good street for me. the first day i ever drove by myself, i was hit while turning left off of walnut grove, by a chevy suburban rescue 911 vehicle. totalled my mom's car on mother's day. i think i will just stick to the residential areas of walnut grove from now on.

thankful to be alive, that isaac was not with me, and that no one was hurt, even the rude people who hit me.

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