Ruby Claire and I first met in December of 2017 (HERE), and she's been a lovely travel buddy ever since. Today, we were on our way to grab some delicious tacos for lunch... fully stopped and waiting to turn right onto Memorial (#Tacos4Life), when a pickup crashed into us pretty hard! Even in minor wrecks, that metal on metal sound is so jarring, and it takes a while for your nervous system to calm down.
Thankfully, I was on the phone with Mom at the time (12:53, to be exact), and she reminded me to take deep breaths. Then she called Dad to give him a heads up as I was talking with the other driver... who was a super nice guy -- apologetic and kind and helpful. We pulled into the Memorial Creek Apartments and exchanged info... he shook my hand and told me it was nice to meet me, then said but not like this and apologized again, which was endearing and kinda funny. Then I sat in that parking lot a while to fully calm down, calling Mom and Dad... and Chet, trying to find out if he knew this guy. lol I thought I recognized his name, and it turns out he has 71 mutual friends with Chet, so we clearly have some of the same Tulsa circles but hadn't crossed paths until today. #smallworld
I got my long-awaited tacos and stopped by Urgent Care where I waited over an hour to get checked out, just for good measure since there was general soreness and a mild headache... all is well, and they gave me some muscle relaxers for my neck and shoulder. So Ruby Claire and I should both make a full recovery. lol
This text exchange with Rach also made me laugh!
So yeah, I got home from my quick lunch run around 5:15. lol Just in time to do a quick final sweep of the house and bake some pull-apart cookies and be ready for my Home Study appointment with Shay at 6:30. It went really well - she was kind and encouraging and informative, and very complimentary of my house. =) I'm going to look into the agency and consultants and grants she mentioned, and try to let some local family law attorneys know I am pursuing adoption, so that's exciting! ❤
I'll leave you with this cheesy-but-applicable Walt Disney quote, which makes me think of Chet Lee and his love of the "song about dreams coming true!" ;-)
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