~hellbunny

Well... Today's been a fun day. For starters, I went in to work only to find out I wasn't scehduled for today afterall. Wound up staying to help open, though, because one of the puppies got sick on us overnight and had to be tended to by the other guy who was supposed to be working that day. The puppy was doing better when I wrapped up and left, and the store was ready on time, so that's all good.

I get home after that and decide to change out of my uniform and go enjoy my day. Yep, that's right. I went to bed till 5. I woke up around then and started stumbling through the house, only to have my mom tell me that my little brother hurt himself outside and he has to go to the hospital. We didn't know what was wrong at the time, but it turned out to be a problem that required an hour of surgery and an overnight stay. They asked me to stay and watch my little sister, and I agreed, so we sat at the house for a bit untill I got a call from mom explaining the situation with the boy.

We chatted for a bit and I decided that I wanted to drive down to the hospital to make sure the little guy's alright. Mom favored the idea, needing some stuff from home, anyways. So... I gathered up the stuff into a bag and got my sister dressed and ready to go, then got the two of us into my car and started down the road. I'd been a bit concerned as the weather looked like it was getting ready to turn quickly into something I didn't want to drive in, but I figured that I'd probably be alright if I got to the hospital soon. It's a short drive from our house, afterall.

Anyways, I made it to the hospital in one piece and started to pull into the visitor lot. I had a problem, however. I am kind of short and, well, I parked too far from the ticket dispenser that I had to get a ticket from. This is where the fun starts.

I popped my door open to get the ticket, but I forgot one crucial step: Car doesn't roll forward when in park. Yep, that's right. I forgot to make sure it was in park before I cracked my door open and attempted to reach out for the ticket. The car started rolling forward and I went for the brake. It's at this point that I made another grave error and hit the other pedal that DOESN'T stop the car. My car started to shoot forward, so I yanked my food off of the gas, my other one hopping frantically along with the car as I'm trying to find the brake. That's right, I was hanging out of my car like a goon, spewing profanities, as my car rolled into the security arm. It would have hit a building, but there was a car in the way.

When the tow truck showed up and the driver asked what happened, my only response was "Well, sir... I apparently can't drive." *Siiiigh*

My little sister is alright. I checked on her first thing and she handled the crash better than me. I got a bit banged up, but it's nothing major. I just flopped out of the car onto my rear end and busted up my "Hoppin'" leg a little. My car wasn't banged up as bad as the car it hit, but I'm sad to say that its days on the road are probably over. I'm just thankful nobody got badly hurt...