This week has pushed me to my limit. I'm not going to wax in a whiny tone about it all, as I believe that will do no good and deflate my already low mood, but let's just say I have experienced more death, pain, demands, illness, and destruction this week than most will see in a year, maybe even multiple years.
That is not hyperbole.
But, I've also made an effort to practice what I preach, and so through it all I tried to stay in the present, work on what I could control, and go through what came at me with the best mindset I could muster.
I was hanging in there, truly I was, until...the deer.
Now, in August of 2023 my car and I met a gigantic buck on my way to my baking shift at the theme park. It was the day after the hub's birthday and even though I got almost stopped, the giant buck sitting on my hood caused over $4K in damage to my little blue car.
The other night's encounter caused more than double that. My little, faithful, trusty car has been totaled.
I am not sentimental about material things, but I did truly like my little blue Constance Elantra. She got fantastic gas mileage, I owned her since she came off of the assembly line, she got my family to and from so many things, and I owned her outright. She was a good car.
I am more ecstatic that my son was okay as he was driving the car home at midnight when the accident occurred. No vehicle in the world matters as much as a human life. It was just the incident was yet another thing on top of the myriad of difficult things, and on top of it all having the crud and trying to navigate a full course load in college, let's just say that I am feeling pretty beat down.
But honestly, there are people all over the planet feeling beat down, and all this tribulation makes me want to do is give each and every one of them a hug and care and understanding.
So, for now I am going to count my blessings and retreat for a bit to heal up and help my hubs heal up. Mentally I am not too sorrowful about any one thing, I am just fatigued by the multitude that has been stacked upon my shoulders. Nothing a bit of rest and repose won't cure.
And if you are having a rough week out there, I want you to know you get all the compassionate vibes from this Kat. Sharing our mutual experiences is a get through it balm for us all.
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It sounds like you need a solid shift in your chaos magnetism polarity, make it repulsive and not so attractive.
Sorry for the car and glad he's okay. If the airbag didn't go off it looks like that wouldn't be too horrible to get fixed if it's just the front corner. Scrap yards could have most things needed. Unless it's just too much trouble at this point which I could totally understand, sometimes it's just easier to wash our hands of it.
The joke in my friend group here is that I am some sort of ley line stability point, as any time I leave the farm chaos explodes and heightens around the world. Perhaps the personal chaos is a not so fun part of being that stabilizing force. All joking aside, this week's been an existential beating for sure!
Apparently the airbags should have deployed but they didn't. Most of the time we would have just ordered the parts and fixed the vehicle, but the damage is pretty significant, and with all the familial illness and dying going on right now we had to take the turn it over to insurance route. They've been magnificent (Farm Bureau), so that helps, other than I HATE BUYING CARS!
Okay, I will engage my Stoic training here and reframe that, I'm just tired lol!
Hope all is well on your side of the Hump, I haven't had a chance to ready any posts lately, just been popping in to upvote my frens😊
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Sometimes it's just easier to use the tool we pay for (insurance) and it's good they are being awesome. State Farm has treated us well when we have totaled vehicles but I've heard horror stories of others.
It's almost like the universe is trying to encourage, maybe urge? you to engage in a lengthy stoic hermitage on your farm... Hope things get better and the chaos calms soon.
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Sorry for you, the cars could be dangerous, but remember here people said, when a hit is yours, no one could gets this by you.
Thanks @galberto 😊
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Oh my gosh. That's terrible, @generikat! Take care of yourself and your family. Thank goodness your son is okay. I hope the universe shines a big smile on you after this. You've paid your dues!
Thanks so much @jayna! If the universe would just let me sit and sip a cup of tea for a few minutes I would be eternally grateful lol!
Hope you have a magnificent weekend!
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I am glad that your son is fine. Hope everything will fall into places. Wishing you and your family the best of luck !BBH
Oh, thank you so much @day1001😊 Even though things are rough we are all supporting each other and working together, so I feel pretty blessed tbh, and speaking of blessed, I hope you have an absolutely magnificent weekend!
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Oh, Kat, that one more thing, huh? I know you'll do your best to take care of yourself and your family. But it's so sad about your little blue car. Glad no one besides deer was hurt. We'll see your posts again when you are able and ready. In the meantime, I sure hope the year turns around for you. Lots of hugs.
I'll be honest, this one, which happened at midnight, was the straw that broke the Kat's back. It wasn't that it was any one thing, it was the compounding of them all. I might have had a good cry, partly out of relief that my son was okay, and partly for my sanity which is threatening to take flight lol!
I so, so appreciate the goodwill, all of my friends, Hive friends included, have just been so wonderful and supportive, hugs right back at ya!
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I suspected as much. Often it's not a big thing, just the very last straw...
That sad
The good thing is that your son is fine
I wish you a great week ahead
It is a very good thing! Thank you so much for the well wishes @abojode, I hope you have the most wonderful week as well!
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Oh my deery me! I'm glad your son survived that! Time off and good vibes are definitely in order 🤗
Thanks Nik! Working on both😊
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Rough way to start 2025 no doubt. Hope it gets better from here on out.
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Uffda. One would prefer to go car-shopping because one wants to, not because one has to. I hope you find something suitable in a reasonable amount of time. Glad your boy is okay. Dang wildlife!