So I cried in front of a police officer this morning

 I hope everyone else had a better morning. I got a police report in the system.  I didn't even think of the video. I doubt that they would have it.  I'm really not sure.  Overwhelmed, overwhelmed and overwhelmed.

And I hate Google Maps.  I set the address in there to find it and I wound up in a stupid part somewhere in Wauwatosa.  How in the world did that happen?  I realized I passed it without seeing that I passed it.  I found my way over to Mayfair Road and pulled into the post office.  I thought Ok.  I know where Watertown Plank Road is.  I can hang a left and look for the numbers.  What do you know?  Common sense found it.

My mom called as I got out of my car.  She apologized and I said it's ok.  I said we would have wound up lost in a park, she would have asked, why are we here and I would have broke down crying.  I would save that later for Mr. Police Officer.  

I walked in and it was an empty lobby. I thought what do I do?  I stepped back outside and called.  I talked to someone and they said that they would have someone come out.  I realized that I was parked in the employee parking lot and maybe I should pull over in front which I did.  I parked badly.  They're going to think I caused the accident so I tried again.  Just when I thought someone wasn't going to come out, someone showed up and we talked.  When I explained that when I got hit, all I thought was I'm going to die.  Cue the water works.  I was able to talk my way through and explain.  He said he would get a police report worked up and said Yes, that had to be scary.  I stood out in the rain and I didn't mind while I waited.  My car had gunk on it from the tree that I was parked under last week so I was thankful I didn't have to pay money for a car wash at the moment.  He came out and gave me my information back.  I felt stupid that I had the 2022-2023 insurance cards but I said they take money out of my account on the 1st each month so I have no choice to be up to date.  I think he knew I was just an honest and sad woman so he understood.  Yeah.  I am sad.  He didn't get mad.  He was a nice human.

I emailed my insurance company and asked the questions I needed to ask.  Should I call my agent back?  I know, that will go over well after I hung up.  I'm allowed to be a human but others aren't so forgiving with me.   I asked if I could get updated insurance cards because apparently I am an idiot.  

I called my mom and let her know what happened.  It's been a long time since I had been out in Wauwatosa.  I stopped at their post office and got some RBG stamps for my letters.  Then I returned my shoes at Ulta Beauty.  Yeah, I can return Cariuma shoes at Ulta beauty and they give you a coupon.  Who knew?  I was curious about what was out on Mayfair Road.  No interest in it really but interesting to see. I used to walk at Mayfair Mall when the weather was bad.  Malls make me think of germs now after Covid.  And that people are gross.  Their parking lot sucks too.  I don't miss that mall or any mall.

I stopped for tacos.  My mom always says she's ok but she just heated hers up.  Life doesn't seem so sucky after a couple of tacos.

To anyone who hears someone bragging about their speeding or reckless driving, I hope that you tongue lash that person into next week.  There's nothing funny about speeding or acting like a jerk on the road. There was someone whose husband went to jail for a DUI years ago.  It was many DUIs and people felt bad for her and that she had to now mow her own lawn.  Yeah, I felt bad too.  I also thought, what was your husband thinking?  Sad that it happened but I thought how many times does that have to happen before someone dies or gets injured?  Harold hit a couple and the wife was pregnant.  He sobbed to me that he had been drinking and that they were illegals.  No, idiot, they were people who wanted a better life and maybe didn't enter the country in the legal way.  You were the asshole who did the illegal thing by drinking and driving.  He sobbed about the man yelling at him in Spanish.  He's lucky he didn't yell at him in English. What if the baby was affected?  I didn't say much because I thought that was terrible.

I don't even want to tell Corinne what happened yet.  She had one when we moved our office to a different building.  She was so excited that we were moving and it kind of ended when she had a bad accident and when I asked about what happened, she burst into tears.  I get it now.  I totally get it.  I was happy to see her Ukrainian bumper sticker that she sent me.  She got a compliment on the sticker by someone that worked at Wal-Mart. 

I guess all I can do is one step at a time.  My sister said that semi truck driver might have some explaining to do if there was damage to his semi.  I doubt it. 

I feel a little bit better driving but I do feel panicked when I don't know exactly where I'm going.  I do seem to have the light flash on the passenger side if someone is coming up on me so hopefully there's nothing electrical that needs to be fixed.

What a mess.