Damn it! [Car Stupidity]
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athenaltenaThe idiot this time is actually me.
In our driveway near the paddock we have a tree, a maple to be exact, somewhat close to the edge of it. Now I've backed out of our driveway hundreds of times before and never had any problems with it, even when it's snowy.
Now yesterday I'm leaving for work and Jesse is being weird, but once I kick him off I get in and start to back out. I admit that I'm not paying the most attention, but I can do this in my sleep, right?
*CRUNCH* Wrong. I looked over, and my passenger side rear view side mirror is pushed all the way to the front and the glass is shattered. I hop out just to check it, but decide that I can deal with it later. On the way down the hill the mirror falls off, as does part of the shell. Since I got down there faster than I thought I would I go into an auto supply store to inquire about how much it is to replace just the glass, not the whole setup, and they directed me to another auto supply place since they don't carry glass. It looks like just the glass costs about $20, but the whole setup would be about $80. With luck Fort Hill will have something I can order up, or if not I can figure out something else. I just want to be able to see out of it, so I don't mind the crack in the shell.
The ironic part is, the last time a cat was being so insistent about me not leaving I got into that wreck in March. OK UNIVERSE, I GET IT! LISTEN TO THE CAT!
I did apologize to the car, though. I guess jet lag had more of an effect on me than I wanted to admit. *Is stupid*
In our driveway near the paddock we have a tree, a maple to be exact, somewhat close to the edge of it. Now I've backed out of our driveway hundreds of times before and never had any problems with it, even when it's snowy.
Now yesterday I'm leaving for work and Jesse is being weird, but once I kick him off I get in and start to back out. I admit that I'm not paying the most attention, but I can do this in my sleep, right?
*CRUNCH* Wrong. I looked over, and my passenger side rear view side mirror is pushed all the way to the front and the glass is shattered. I hop out just to check it, but decide that I can deal with it later. On the way down the hill the mirror falls off, as does part of the shell. Since I got down there faster than I thought I would I go into an auto supply store to inquire about how much it is to replace just the glass, not the whole setup, and they directed me to another auto supply place since they don't carry glass. It looks like just the glass costs about $20, but the whole setup would be about $80. With luck Fort Hill will have something I can order up, or if not I can figure out something else. I just want to be able to see out of it, so I don't mind the crack in the shell.
The ironic part is, the last time a cat was being so insistent about me not leaving I got into that wreck in March. OK UNIVERSE, I GET IT! LISTEN TO THE CAT!
I did apologize to the car, though. I guess jet lag had more of an effect on me than I wanted to admit. *Is stupid*
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Date: 2007-08-19 01:46 pm (UTC)Definitely listen to the cat
Date: 2007-08-20 11:21 am (UTC)I'm glad that you've really "got it" as far as listening to the cat. Cats are incredibly wise beings-and very loving ones.
They can and do sense danger and try in advance to warn us about that which we do not see. It is fortunate for us that cats are so loving, patient and persistent in their efforts to educate us about the nature of the reality they perceive. Their understanding of reality is far more interdimensional than that of most humans.
Animals live in greater harmony with universal law and do their best to support us in doing the same. Cats value our lives even when we fail to value theirs-and they truly do want us to be happy and healthy, to live well, and to keep evolving.
Acceptance of their advice is free-it's resistance that is costly. Glad that you've really "got it.