NOT A GOOD DAY
Our gorgeous girl arrived late last night, with her lovely bloke, C. We stayed up to greet them and then spent a few hours catching up, laughing and hugging of course and then we noticed it was 3.30 am!
We all had a lie in this morning and then took the dogs for a nice long walk. On our return home, we were greeted by the girl with the news that C's Grandma had just passed away. They were close and obviously, he was very upset.
We had a table booked for lunch at 1.00, which we offered to cancel, but bless him, he told us not to but instead of coming with us, they would meet us there.
On the way to the restaurant, we'd stopped at a junction when a learner driver turned to come down past us but ploughed into the side of our car instead. Thankfully, no one was injured although we were shaken up. The driver was a young girl and her Dad, who was with her, kept apologising and saying that she just lost it on cornering. Mr. was beside himself, but kept it under control. I took all the details and somehow remembered to take photos. We decided we'd be better off carrying on to the restaurant in our car and meeting the girl and C there. We only had to go up one hill to get there but my God, you should have heard the noise the car made, it was horrendous and the steering wheel was at a really weird angle. Thankfully, Mr. is a qualified mechanic and knew doing this wouldn't pose any danger. It will have to be recovered over Christmas and needless to say, as a group we weren't really in the mood to eat, but we did.
The thing is, in the grand scheme of things, there are far worse things happening to people all over the world. C's grandma had been ill for some time and was in her eighties and had drifted off without pain, her son and Granddaugher at her bedside. Poor Mr. loved his car and had spent some time sourcing it and knows it will be written off, but it is just a car. Things could be a lot worse.
To cheer myself up and to end on a lighter note, I took a pic of our festive pooches.
Our gorgeous girl arrived late last night, with her lovely bloke, C. We stayed up to greet them and then spent a few hours catching up, laughing and hugging of course and then we noticed it was 3.30 am!
We all had a lie in this morning and then took the dogs for a nice long walk. On our return home, we were greeted by the girl with the news that C's Grandma had just passed away. They were close and obviously, he was very upset.
We had a table booked for lunch at 1.00, which we offered to cancel, but bless him, he told us not to but instead of coming with us, they would meet us there.
On the way to the restaurant, we'd stopped at a junction when a learner driver turned to come down past us but ploughed into the side of our car instead. Thankfully, no one was injured although we were shaken up. The driver was a young girl and her Dad, who was with her, kept apologising and saying that she just lost it on cornering. Mr. was beside himself, but kept it under control. I took all the details and somehow remembered to take photos. We decided we'd be better off carrying on to the restaurant in our car and meeting the girl and C there. We only had to go up one hill to get there but my God, you should have heard the noise the car made, it was horrendous and the steering wheel was at a really weird angle. Thankfully, Mr. is a qualified mechanic and knew doing this wouldn't pose any danger. It will have to be recovered over Christmas and needless to say, as a group we weren't really in the mood to eat, but we did.
The thing is, in the grand scheme of things, there are far worse things happening to people all over the world. C's grandma had been ill for some time and was in her eighties and had drifted off without pain, her son and Granddaugher at her bedside. Poor Mr. loved his car and had spent some time sourcing it and knows it will be written off, but it is just a car. Things could be a lot worse.
To cheer myself up and to end on a lighter note, I took a pic of our festive pooches.
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