being a part of something bigger

This is what I did tonight, read a draft of a friend's novel. Her first. It's so very exciting and honestly I couldn't put it down! I read the whole thing in two parts tonight. I was suppose to go see Burlesque with S so I read several chapters before and left it on my pillow open to my place to return home to after the movie. I was sure I would get only halfway through at best. But we missed the movie and after some hangouts I came home and started reading again... I got caught up and I didn't stop until I finished it.

It's so exhilirating to get a chance to be a part of someone's big dream. I'm so stoked I get to be a part and when I was writing my first email of comments I was just so stoked to be able to get to talk to the author or a story I was reading for once. All my questions COULD be answered. To save her story she might not answer everything but just being able to get those questions out there was awesome.

I think I did so well with my communication major because I love collaboration, I love bouncing ideas off of other people and creating a work so great. This work is obviously all hers I'm just glad I get a sneak peak into the writer's mind.

Obviously I am going to say NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING about the story except how wonderful it is and how much fun I am having reading and sharing comments. I can't even imagine creating something like this... how do all of the details come together? I am just in awe really.

So that kicked out any Operation Holiday Cheer plans I had for tonight. I did buy some more holiday cards so I am going to start on that list either tomorrow or Saturday and get some out in the mail asap!

I also had to make a visit to the verizon store because last night without any real warning my phone (Blackberry Storm) decided to give me an Error message of death that would not be fixed. I switched back to my Blackberry Curve and did what I could have the texting issues I was having with it in the past. I'm definitely torn between the two phones. I do like touch screen but I also like the keyboard on the curve... I also am waiting for the iPhone to come to Verizon in January. One can only hope and cross fingers!

I got a call from insurance telling me how much I am getting back after they pay my poor, completely broken car off and it's more than I thought. Good news...

A gentleman friend that had been gone for a while in a distant land (no exaggeration) has come back into my life. I'm hesitant and open at the same time if that's even possible. We had really good times before but I'm also really hurt from the most recent male. He was no gentleman. He was an a-hole. But water under the bridge and what not? I guess.

Now it is my bedtime (really need to start going to bed at 12 at the latest) and so I shall sleep!

It is just a thing they say

I must break the cycle and go to bed like now. I just wanted to post because I don't want to keep messing up and forgetting days on my NaBloPoMo November. So here I am.

Today has been sprinkled with worry and frustration once again due to drunkie. We've found the name of the car owner, now I hope tomorrow morning I can confirm with police that it was the same man they arrested, if not there will be even more to figure out. If so we can move on and see if, in fact, he let his insurance lapse. If so my deductible fee is waved (oh goody) and I'm sure a bunch more costs will come my way. After that mess is figured out and all facts are in place I will have to get someone out to look at my damaged car and tell me if it is a) salvageable or b) totaled. Both come with some possible complications... if it is option A then who knows how long I will have to wait to get it fixed AND when I go to sell it in the future how much money will I lose? If option B happens then the possibility of not getting enough money to pay off the rest of the car loan AND get a working vehicle for myself is there. I'm incredibly worried and frustrated with this whole situation. My insurance company (except for maybe one man) is sitting on it's feet and twiddling their thumbs during this. Turns out they won't be able to see my car this Thursday, oh no, they mean Thanksgiving thursday, or maybe that Tuesday, either way someone is yanking my chain around and I don't like it one bit.
If I get the car towed to another place (auto body shop), then I will have to pay the tow yard for the towing, labor and the daily fee for at least 5 days as well as a fee that comes with a car sitting in a lot for over 72 hours. That last fee could run me up to $150. Special. So whether people tell me it's going to be okay or not I'm definitely freaking out. I just have this feeling in the pit of my stomach that I'm going to end up being punished when I did NOTHING and I mean NOTHING wrong. Cars are allowed to be parked by the curb on streets, I drink maybe once a month, I don't drive once I've had said drink, I wasn't driving, I didn't crash into anyone, my car was maybe an inch or two from the curb, way less than a foot, there was no hill so my tires didn't have to be turned, for the most part I got my oil changes on time, AND, big whopping AND, I bought insurance from day one and I paid a good price and still I am getting put on the back burner and treated like crap. They never said in preschool that you would be punished when you were an innocent bystander.

I'm hoping that the worst has past and it will be all better from here on out.
(quick sidenote: they keep asking if a child seat was in the car, if it had been would they be 1- moving faster on my claim and 2- giving me more money? Dang)


no picture today, I apologize.

Just Peachy

As I was about to put my dear computer away for the night I hear a loud bang boom crash and screech of tires. Then, oh then, my car alarm blared.

Dear blog friends, tonight, right after my last post a drunk driver ran straight into my rear left tire (area), clearly he wasn't aiming.
I would just like to say that I parked my car very close to the curb, everything was fine, I did nothing wrong and I was not in the car (thank goodness) but it is incredibly damaged and while I seem fine on the outside I'm pretty upset.

It went a little like this: BANG! SCREEEEEEECH! (CAR ALARM SOUND)
Me: SHIT! Then ran to my window to peak out of my screen, didn't know if I wanted the person involved to see me, kinda thought someone ran the car into the house. See gray car and my alarm going off. Great, I think, it hit me.
Me: (F--K!) Do a momentary chicken with head cut off run to front door to look out peep hole, see if I can see person from other car, maybe do a circle then realize I have to wake up the man of this house. SHIT! Knock on their door, open door, "O, I'm sorry to wake you, someone just rammed the shit out of my car, can you please come outside with me."
Him: Oh shit, yeah. he rushes around for warm clothes
Me: walk circles around front door, hear someone saying "you can't leave, you just hit a car, you can't leave."
O walks up, I open door and rush outside. See across the street neighbors, still hear someone talking to the drunk driver telling him he can't go anywhere. I have O called police, across street neighbors already did. I am quite scared of drunk, not sure if he is violent or not, especially toward owner of car he smashed.

(I would just like to say this picture does the damage no justice, the car door won't open, the nice white line looking thing is actually the plastic completely broken...it messed up the trunk spacing and that tire is bent completely the wrong way.)

Look at car, mini freak out, almost brings tears to my dry dry eyes. Mentally somewhat hysterical but I've been taught to pull it together.
Drunk guy says he's not trying to get away, walks back towards his car, I back toward the house not sure if he's seen me or not. He gets his phone from the car then starts meandering the other way while talking on the phone. Police show up (I've written down license plate, as well as description of his clothes just in case), they catch him (he wasn't going fast being BLASTED out of his mind) then finally an officer comes to talk to me about what is going on.
Hour and a half later of calling insurance office, cleaning out car, having car towed, talking to police, having officer use bathroom, etc etc I am here in bed typing. I want to cry but I can't for some reason. I can't afford this right now.

I would say that nothing like this has ever happened to me and technically it hasn't... but I do seem to have bad luck with cars. I never get in an accident and I've never gotten a ticket (except for parking once at Fullerton) so I don't have that kind of bad luck but this is definitely the third time (third car) I've seen a tow truck take away.

(enter many explatives here)