Day 8

Today's "moment" was NOT MY FAULT. I really don't know if a car accident can be considered as something that is "klutzy" but it happened nonetheless. I did did not like it one bit.

Actually, I'm very surprised that with all the klutz that I've got...I haven't had an accident before now. In the ten years that I have been driving, I have never struck anything with my car and amazingly nothing has struck me. No...no point in knocking on wood now because on Day 8 (march 25th), I was in my first car crash since I got my learner's permit.

Before I go in to the details, I have to admit that this is not my first accident ever. When I was 8 years old, my parents, my self and two of my siblings were involved in a hit and run accident. You wanna know who hit us and then ran? It was a police officer. Yup. A good old copper hit us, ran off, and had his buddies cover for him. Hey thanks man. I really enjoyed my double compound fracture in my left wrist. Plus having to sleep through the night with it in a splint before they set the break.

Tangent a little?

So last week my car accident. I pull into a left hand turn lane. Before I get to a full and complete stop, I'm jolted a bit and hear a horrible crunching sound. Someone tried to come into the left hand turn lane after I did. Apparently they didn't see me? I don't drive a smart car...

So we pulled over, exchanged info, blah blah blah. We are pretty nice to each other and he pretty much admits it was his fault. Well, when he has a tiny scratch on his headlight and both my passenger doors are crunched and my running board is hanging off...I don't think there's really any point in contesting.

After I call in my claim (which I later have to withdraw since it dawned on me after the fact that I was en route to Court for my job and had to go through the county's insurance) i start getting calls and text messages from the people who hit me. I get a text message from "Abie" who I think was the girlfriend sitting in the passenger seat. She was the owner of the car. Her message said "just tell me what it will cost to fix your car and I will pay it." I'm thinking...um...it's going to cost $5,000. You really would rather pay that then tell your insurance? And then I get a call from the driver. Abraham says, I'm really sorry but my girlfriend didn't pay her insurance and I'm really mad at her. So can I pay you instead. I asked him if he had insurance as driver. Nope.

Oh people!!! Don't drive without insurance! I told him "I'm sorry, but I could lose my job if I don't report this." Probably not true, but maybe? Plus, in order to get the claim paid through my job I had to file a police report and a report to the DMV. Oh Abraham and Abie-- last Thursday was not a good day for you.

Although I don't have to pay for it, it sure has been a hassle to get the claim worked out. I seriously have to have ELEVEN attachments to file the claim. Two estimates, photos, my itinerary for the day, my weekly timesheet, my mileage claim, a police report, two claim forms, the dmv report, my insurance, my registration, etc. It's like I have a part time job trying to get it all together.

Do you think that maybe when they fix the car they could add special cushions on the driver side door and the trunk? That would be great so it wouldn't hurt so much when I smack my head on them....

Day 4

In the excitement of getting my first smartphone, i smacked my head on the corner of the dining room table as i reached down to get my old phone out of my purse. ow

Day 2

Today was just a run of the mill klutzy day for me. I had some family over and when my little sister came upstairs holding all five kittens, I had to run over to her when one began to fall. Of course, with our floors, that meant sliding halfway across the kitchen--but I got there!

At dinner, my mom moves her hanging purse away from my sister kept knocking it off its hook -- only to have me knock it off its hook yet again. But I had warned her!

When getting refills, I splattered my self with soda when taking the lids off, and then dropped a straw when try to put the lids back on. Sigh.

The worst was when I couldn't find my keys and emptied out my entire purse....only to find them in my pocket --which I swear I had checked 3 times...

Day 1

I thought today I might NOT have a klutzy moment solely because I started a blog about it.

I thought wrong.

I'm driving home in the car after a lovely morning working out and doing some costco shopping. I'm about to pick at a scab at a red light, and realize that I will get in trouble by many people so I decide to put neosporin on it instead. Apparent;y the neosporin had been left in the car a little too long with the warmer weather. When I go to squirt a tiny drop, it explodes all over me.

So i basically have to drive the last 5 minutes with gooey slime all over my hands. And in typical fashion, I just cleaned my car, including the steering wheel, just last week. It's kind of a miracle I made the sharp turn onto my street --soooo slippery!


I also hit my arm and head on part of my car on two separate occasions. But that's just par for the course.


Post Script:
Later in the night I banged my head on the desk while trying to plug in the computer cable. Also while drivng home from dinner, I tried to freak out my spouse in retaliation to something stupid he was doing. I attempted to put the car in neutral and rev up the engine. It didn't really phase him so I re-enacted what i had tried to do with animated hand gestures. Of course I punched the steering wheel with full force and hurt my hand. My husband just laughed. And then I continued to drive home...with an extremely slippery steering wheel.

Preamble

Hello. My name is Melissa and I am a klutz. Thankfully, I think it's quite entertaining and don't get too upset about my little "problem."

I generally post my klutzy moments as facebook status updates and get lots of laughs. I was thinking about all the times I fell or did silly things in the recent weeks and thought it might be hilarious if I put them all together in one spot!

So if you want to keep your spirits up by hearing about me falling down the stairs, then falling up the stairs and then smashing my head into my own car trunk, this is the place for you!

Stay tuned...