Yeah, it's Saturday

Got my plane tickets for DC. The time went by so fast, in three weeks we're going to Washington for our first event! Hope my boss and co-workers will be nicer this time, but I'm not holding my breath. I am, however, bringing more money with me this time, just in case.

I love Washington DC and really wanted to take a day or so of vacation time and see some of the things I haven't seen yet, like the Spy Museum and the new Smithsonian on native culture. I even offered the trip to a couple of people, they would just need to pay their own plane fare, food and miscellaneous--a pretty cheap trip, considering. But I had no takers so first I was going to stay out there alone but later decided not to spend the extra money. I just bought this new computer and anything else had better be REALLY fun (or absolutely necessary!) if I'm going to spend money on it! Very sad to go to a place I love and see it from the plane window, the cab window and the hotel window, oh well.

Yesterday was raining and I was very down. Normally I like rain and "weather" especially walking in the rain, but the day just seemed to match my mood. I'm still kind of low and crabby today and it looks like it may be another "poor me" sort of a day! Guess I'm am incurable optimist that I always very much look forward to my birthday, and can barely wait for the day itself to arrive. This year no cool plans have shaped up, have one card so far from some friends who are out of town this weekend. There was an interesting event that they and I were going to attend today, guess not, since they are out of town.

I don't know why most people don't like to go to things like interesting events. Since I've gotten older, it's like pulling teeth to find people who want to go to some of the neat events we have around here. Sure, I could go by myself, have done that more than a few times in the past. But I'm tired of it; it just isn't the same and isn't all that fun. The bigger part of the joy of attending events is to go with some other fun person! Oh well, for my actual birthday, tomorrow, I'm going out to my Mom's to have our joint celebration. Her birthday is this coming Wednesday, only a couple of days away from mine so we always celebrate them both together. I think that's what happens when people get a bit older; their family is their main source of social life and they don't seem to have time or energy for much else. So no wonder I have trouble recruiting people to go to events (they always have fun if they go, though!).

Well, enough of the "poor me" already! At least the Scone Club is today, buying my Mom a nice present or two and maybe finishing a great book that I'm reading, "The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing" by Melissa Bank. I just finished the book "The Little White Car" by Danuta De Rhodes, about a girl who thinks that she accidentally killed Princess Diana. It's a strange but simple book, an easy read. Not sure how to describe it, or whether to recommend it to friends, as it's not really comparable to any other book I've read! Someone has also loaned me "The Full Cupboard of Life" by Alexander McCall Smith. It's one of the "The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency" books, about a woman who starts a detective agency in Africa. I love them! I used to read pretty much only non-fiction but in the past few years have borrowed and read some great (or at least greatly entertaining) fiction books.

from my E-mail
This one, or versions of it has been around for awhile
Funny Insurance Claims
1.) "The accident happened because I had one eye on the lorry in front, one eye on the pedestrian and the other on the car behind." "I started to slow down but the traffic was more stationary than I thought."

2.)"I pulled into a lay-by with smoke coming from under the hood. I realized the car was on fire so took my dog and smothered it with a blanket."

3.)Q: Could either driver have done anything to avoid the accident? A: Travelled by bus?

4.)The claimant had collided with a cow. The questions and answers on the claim form were - Q: What warning was given by you? A: Horn. Q: What warning was given by the other party? A: Moo.

5.)"I started to turn and it was at this point I noticed a camel and an elephant tethered at the verge. This distraction caused me to lose concentration and hit a bollard."

6.)"On approach to the traffic lights the car in front suddenly broke."

7.)"I didn't think the speed limit applied after midnight"

8.)"I knew the dog was possessive about the car but I would not have asked her to drive it if I had thought there was any risk."

9.)"Windscreen broken. Cause unknown. Probably Voodoo."

10.)"The car in front hit the pedestrian but he got up so I hit him again."

11.) "I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law and headed over the embankment."

12.) "The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intention."

13.)"I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way."

14.) "A truck backed through my windshield into my wife's face."

15.)"A pedestrian hit me and went under my car."

16.)"In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole."

17.) "I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached an intersection a hedge sprang up obscuring my vision and I did not see the other car."

18.)"I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident."

19.)"An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car and vanished."

20.)"I was thrown from the car as it left the road. I was later found in a ditch by some stray cows."

21.)"Coming home I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have."

22.)"I thought my window was down, but I found it was up when I put my head through it."

23.)"The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him."

24.)"I had been driving for forty years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident."

25.)"As I approached an intersection a sign suddenly appeared in a place where no stop sign had ever appeared before."

26.) "To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front I struck a pedestrian."

27.)"My car was legally parked as it backed into another vehicle."

28.)"I told the police that I was not injured, but on removing my hat found that I had a fractured skull."

29.)"I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the road when I struck him."

30.)"The pedestrian had no idea which way to run as I ran over him."

31.)"I saw a slow moving, sad faced old gentleman as he bounced off the roof of my car."

32.)"The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth."

33.)"The telephone pole was approaching. I was attempting to swerve out of the way when I struck the front end."

34.)"The gentleman behind me struck me on the backside. He then went to rest in a bush with just his rear end showing. "

35.) "I had been learning to drive with power steering. I turned the wheel to what I thought was enough and found myself in a different direction going the opposite way."

36.)"I was backing my car out of the driveway in the usual manner, when it was struck by the other car in the same place it had been struck several times before."

37.) "When I saw I could not avoid a collision I stepped on the gas and crashed into the other car."

38.)"The accident happened when the right front door of a car came round the corner without giving a signal."

39.)"No one was to blame for the accident but it would never have happened if the other driver had been alert."

40.)"I was unable to stop in time and my car crashed into the other vehicle. The driver and passengers then left immediately for a vacation with injuries."

41.)"The pedestrian ran for the pavement, but I got him."

42.)"I saw her look at me twice. She appeared to be making slow progress when we met on impact."

43.)"The accident occurred when I was attempting to bring my car out of a skid by steering it into the other vehicle."

45.)"My car got hit by a submarine." (The Navy informed the wife of a submariner that the craft was due in port. She drove to the base to meet her husband and parked at the end of the slip where the sub was to berth. An inexperienced ensign was conning the sub and it rammed the end of the slip, breaking a section away, causing her car to fall into the water. The Navy paid the compensation claim.

Whew, those are almost too much/too many to read and enjoy all at one time. Have a super Saturday!