5-0! 5-0!

Okay, so before you worry (moms) the damage was purely cosmetic. The Bean slept through our first (and very minor) auto, uh...auto thingy! Yes, we had an auto thingy this afternoon. Route 12A is in West Lebanon otherwise known as West Leb and it's where all the box stores are. I normally hate 12A because all the box stores make it really crowded and slow, with people constantly turning and entering and all that annoying driving stuff. The only reason I was there was because I wanted to buy The Bean a boom box so she could really take it up a notch. Really, I just thought it would be nice if she had a cd player in her room so we could listen to tunes there. (The Bean has quite a cd collection btw). Anyway we were cruising in the LEFT lane because eventually we were gonna make a LEFT when a RENT A CENTER truck pulled out of the lot and smack into our car.

Yikes.

It was actually on the side of the car and the only damage was cosmetic so we're lucky! The Bean slept through the whole thing, but it still was scary and a bit of pain. We had to go all the way back and talk to the not so nice Rent A Center people who said the guy in the truck thought I was moving out of his way or something, which makes no sense since I was just going straight. The Bean woke up on the way back home and was in a foul mood because she had taken such a long nap and hadn't eaten in ages. But I wouldn't do one of our parking lot nurses because I didn't have my cell phone and I wanted to get home. After she nursed, I called the cops figuring I wouldn't wait around to hear from the RAC people. The cop said to bring the car there and file a report, which I did. The Bean was a trooper. For her the car means the car seat, which is totally confining these days and not fun. But she loved the police station. It was eye-opening for me since there's no real privacy so we heard the lady be told she had to pay the $40 bail for her son and that he was being held because he got caught selling what he said was cocaine but was really baking soda in the high school parking lot. Double yikes. The woman has had some kind of life since she's currently raising her 9 month old and 21 month old grandchildren because her daughters are "even worse" than her son.

The Bean really liked this woman and listened to her advice intently. It was probabaly because she had such good advice (don't sell drugs at the school, grow up to be good) and also because she had fringe on her coat, which The Bean thought was awesome.

Anyway they didn't even file a report since the damage was not particularly significant. I spent this AM on the phone with the insurance people. Hopefully the car will get pretty again next week and this will be worst traffic thingy The Bean and I are ever in.