Thankful??????

Today has been a bit of a bummer, but at least there are still many things to be thankful for. On the way home from running a few last minute errands before we leave for China on Wednesday, we hit a deer on the highway. Or, should I say the deer hit us. As we were driving along (Shawn at the wheel) I saw the first one and hollered for him to watch out. He got us slowed down to miss it and the car next to us very narrowly missed it as well. BUT....where there is one.....yes, another one. I screamed, but it was to late. It hit the front of our car on the side and mostly the drivers side door. That was it for me. I am already stressed to the max and I burst into tears. Shawn pulled the car over and asked me why I was crying...was it the car or the deer I was worried about. It was the deer, of course. He tried and tried to convince me the deer was fine and that it got up and ran off, but I'm still not sure. Then, he tried to get out to assess the damage, but the door was damaged enough that it no longer opens.

So, to add another item to my long "to do" list for Monday, call the insurance company and the body shop and BEG them to get my car in by Tuesday. Then BEG them to let us have someone else pick up the car on our behalf before we get home from China. Then we can just pretend the whole thing never happened.


And on to what I'm thankful for. We weren't hurt......and things could be a LOT worse. Oh yes, and we leave for China Wednesday to get Tyler!!!!!!!!