On the subject of bingles (not the Lara kind)...

Dear insurance company,

Yesterday, a parked car jumped out behind me and threw itself into my path.

There I was, minding my own business, reversing in the trusty Camry. At a snail’s pace. At dusk. Down an empty street. I was keeping my beady eye out the rear vision mirror for any pesky traffic that might turn up, when suddenly…

CRUNCH.

I had reversed slowly into a parked car. A suicidal Hyundai i30 LEAPT out from where it was parallel parked at the kerb, driverless, and THREW ITSELF at my rear bumper.

I clearly wasn't paying enough attention I swear, I tried to dodge it but it was DETERMINED to have a bingle with me. I suspect an insurance job, personally.

Yes, I’ve had my full license for two years (just). Yes, I’m almost 44. What’s it to ya?

No I haven’t taken any hallucinogenic drugs in the last 12 hours. God knows I’ve been tempted to reach for the Valium every minute of every hour occasionally this week but no.

Were there any contributing weather conditions? Yes - emotional weather of exhaustion and stress. No.

How would I describe the damage?

Frigging annoying.

Here’s my left rear bumper.

Here’s the suicidal Hyundai’s other car's bumper.

Can I put what happened in my own words? Only if you fancy having to go to counselling for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder afterwards.

Here’s my son's an artist’s impression of it though.

No, I'm not the artist.

Yes I know he's drawn himself in the driver’s seat.

No he doesn’t have a license. He’s 7.

Why, would it help if I said he was driving?

No?

Then no.

I suspect the random numbers of wheels on the cars involved might have been a contributing factor.

I did try to dodge. Really.

Have you ever had a bingle? Was it your fault?

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My five awesome things about this week after losing my shit:

• My son learned to spell 25 words this week
• My son told me likes hanging out with me
• I got to talk about alfalfa hair to people in the training I was facilitating today
• The term “snazbig” is catching on (OK so that one is a snazbig lie)
• It ended.

Now go check out SaturdayMorningOgreMum for more Lose Your Shit Friday goodness: http://saturdaymorningogremum.com/2012/05/lose-your-sht-friday-8.