So it’s been 1 week since that dreaded Val Chavez bad luck returned. For those who don’t know my dad always says “Val, If you didn’t have bad luck you would have no luck at all” that’s my motto people haha and over the years I have become accustomed to it but sometimes the bad luck is worse than other times and last weeks run in was a doozy! So I’m driving home from work to pick up my precious minions on a blustery day when all of a sudden something came crashing into my windshield. The first words out of this sailors mouth, plug your ears if cursing offends you, “Mother fucker” and as I slow down and come to a stop my next thought, ear muffs again, “was that a god damn tree” of course it was! We are talking about my luck people, a fucking tree fell out of the fucking sky on to my brand new fucking car! Ok cursing is over. As I look into my rear view mirror, oh wait it’s not there! So I glance at my side mirror and there it was, not so much as a branch but the top of a freaking tree in the middle of the street and people are having to drive around it. So I put the car in park and start to assess the damage around, glass is everywhere and my roof is caved in and then I realize I should probably call 911. Don’t worry my blue tooth through my car stereo was still working as I’m trying to talk to the 911 operator through my phone and continue to say I can’t really hear you haha when I realized there was a police car right behind me so no need for the 911 call so I said thanks and hang up. Still have manners in the middle of a crisis :) So the 2 officers open up both my doors and begin asking me if I was ok, and what the hell happen and I’m thinking really guy did you not just drive by the (red wood haha) in the middle of the street, put your detective hat on and start putting some clues together! But of course I was polite and said “I’m pretty sure a gust of wind blew a tree down on to my car as I was driving by” and he proceeds to say “well think of it this way, 1 crazy thing happens to everyone in their life time and now yours is over” and my reply “ I rolled my truck into a fence when I was 17” hahaha the officer chuckled and said “ok maybe 2 for you” and I said “yeah this is my luck believe it or not” at this time the circus started showing up, ambulance, fire trucks, more cop cars. 10,000 people asking 20,000 questions when all I was concerned about was who was picking up the boys and to make sure my pump comes wherever I go( mamas got to pump people!). So I was able to call Josh and basically blurt out “I need you to pick up the boys as I’m going to be taken away in an ambulance cuz a tree fell on my car” of course he’s like “what?!?!” and I get annoyed and just repeat what I just said only louder and snottier. So Josh accepts my demands and we hang up so now it’s time for me to be stretched away into the ambulance for some CAT scans an x-rays to makes sure I don’t have to sue the city of Aurora for my pain and suffering ;) So after what seemed like a 30 min drive to Aurora south which is like 5 mins from where this shit show happened I lay alone in my hospital bed with one of those oh so comfy neck braces on trying to feel around in my glass filled purse for my cell phone so I can call my mother who I know is panicking as we speak. So I find my phone and call her and she is basically yelling at me “where are you” and I tell her Aurora South, “no you’re not” she proceeds to tell me, “um I’m pretty sure that I am Wendo so just drive here and relax as you’re not helping the situation” (as she rarely does in these situations, she’s the worse panicker on the planet!) She finally shows up and waits with me till my LP can show up and she can go relieve Bill who’s watching both minions by himself!! (one of the scarier things that day haha) so I get my tests done and am released about 2 ½ hours later which I thought was pretty good for an ER visit. Josh and I stopped by the scene of the crime if you will to take some photos of the tree and the piece that fell on my car, you never know when you’ll need pics. Then it’s off to fill my prescription and then a shower to get these mini glass shards or razor blades as I was calling them out of every crevice of my body slowly cutting me every time I moved and then too bed! What a day right?!?! Just another day in the life of Val Chavez and it never just ends there, oh no it always gets better hahaha Cubie is not totaled so only have to come up with a $500 deductible to pick her up in 3 to 4 weeks! UGH like I said I’m in the market to sell a Kidney so If there is any takers out there please call me and leave a detailed message and I will get back to you! Kidney goes to the highest bidder :)
So some final thoughts now that I have had a week to reflect, a much as I hate hearing this and as much as it pains me to say, yeah yeah it could have been worse, I get it and am thankful that it wasn’t but sometimes that not what you want to hear ya know. Sometimes you just want to scream at the top of your lungs WTF!!! So I have had that moment (maybe a few of them), I’ve cried because it sometimes feels like I can’t catch a break, I’ve chuckled just thinking “what are the odds Val, what are the odds?!?!” but I am just thankful that my minions where not in the car and they are happy and healthy and that I have the best support system a girl could ask for as I wouldn’t get through any of this bad luck without them and they have kept me afloat and off suicide watch a few times in my day and I am forever thankful! So thanks for all the well wishes and offers of help they are all appreciated and I am humbled by all the love. So here’s to “keep on truckin” even though it’s pretty shitty sometimes hahaha Peace and Love people
Poor Cubie :(
Oh hey tree where's your top half, oh thats right on my brand new car!!
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